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HR 7238 117th Congress House Health

Timely Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Act of 2022

Introduced: April 5, 2022 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Mar 29, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 28, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 28, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Timely Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Act of 2022

This bill allows opioid treatment programs to admit individuals who have been addicted to opioids for less than one year for maintenance treatment (the use of medications such as methadone in treating opioid addiction).

Current regulations generally bar an opioid treatment program from admitting individuals for such treatment unless they have been addicted to opioids for more than one year. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to revise its regulations to allow admission when the duration of an individual's opioid addiction is less than one year.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 1
McKinley, David
· Apr 5, 2022
Axne, Cynthia
· Mar 28, 2022
 R
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · Mar 28, 2022
 D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Mar 28, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7238: Timely Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7238/
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"H.R. 7238: Timely Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7238/.
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H.R. 7238, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7238/.
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