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HR 4244 117th Congress House Health

STOP Stigma Act

Introduced: June 29, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Jun 30, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 29, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 29, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stopping Titles that Overtly Perpetuate Stigma Act or the STOP Stigma Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue guidance for renaming the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and other agencies and programs with names that contain stigmatizing terms such as abuse, addict, or alcoholic.

HHS must also provide Congress with an assessment of the cost of such name changes and recommendations to revise federal laws to rename agencies or programs that are designated in statute.

What's happening now June 30, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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McClain, Lisa C.
Michigan · Jun 29, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4244: STOP Stigma Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4244/
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"H.R. 4244: STOP Stigma Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4244/.
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H.R. 4244, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4244/.
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[H.R. 4244: STOP Stigma Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4244/)
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