# 115-hr-5261: TEACH to Combat Addiction Act of 2018

115-hr-5261, TEACH to Combat Addiction Act of 2018, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] (R-OH); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (as of 2025-11-18).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5261
- As of: 2025-11-18
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5261
- Congress: 115
- Title: TEACH to Combat Addiction Act of 2018
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced: 2018-03-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Treatment, Education, and Community Help to Combat Addiction Act of 2018 or the TEACH to Combat Addiction Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to designate Regional Centers of Excellence in Substance Use Disorder Education and provide support to such centers to enhance and improve pain management and substance use disorder education through the distribution of evidence-based curricula for health care professional schools. The bill provides statutory authority for the National Institutes of Health's Centers for Excellence in Pain Education program, under which the centers provide for the coordination of the development, evaluation, and distribution of pain management curricula for health professional schools.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2018-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH), 2018-03-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2018-05-09T00:00:00.000Z
- GREG WALDEN (R-OR), 2018-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] (R-WA), 2018-05-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2018-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] (R-AZ), 2018-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-5141: United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-4494: Congressional Accountability and Hush Fund Elimination Act
- 115-hr-2315: To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to each of Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, J. Christopher Stevens, and Sean Smith in recognition of their contri…
- 115-hr-1698: Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act
- 115-hr-1676: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-5261 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5261)

## Related
- [115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5499)
- [115-hr-5141: United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5141)
- [115-hr-4494: Congressional Accountability and Hush Fund Elimination Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4494)
- [115-hr-2315: To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to each of Glen Doherty, Tyr…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2315)
- [115-hr-1698: Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1698)
- [115-hr-1676: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1676)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5261 (as of 2025-11-18).