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Main Subject: Health

Easy Medication Access and Treatment for Opioid Addiction Act or the Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act

This bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to revise regulations to allow a practitioner to administer up to a three-day supply of narcotic drugs to an individual at one time for purposes of relieving acute withdrawal symptoms while the individual awaits arrangements for narcotic treatment. Current regulations authorize up to a one-day supply of narcotic drugs for an individual at one time, for a total of up to three days.

HR14-116, HR8900-116,

Senate Actions

IntroReferral
Nov. 18 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

House floor actions Actions

Floor
Nov. 17 2020	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5811-5812) DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2281. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5811-5813) Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Calendars
Nov. 16 2020	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 485.

Discharge
Nov. 16 2020	Committee on the Judiciary discharged.

Committee
Nov. 16 2020	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-587, Part I.

IntroReferral

Apr. 10
2019

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.
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.

Library of Congress Actions

Floor
Nov. 17 2020	Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5811-5812)

Committee
Nov. 16 2020	Committee on the Judiciary discharged. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-587, Part I.

IntroReferral
Apr. 10 2019	Introduced in House Introduced in House

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Sep. 09 2020	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May. 20 2019	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Apr. 11 2019	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

House bill HR2281-116

Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act

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