# 115-hr-6082: Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act

115-hr-6082, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6082
- Congress: 115
- Title: Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced: 2018-06-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to align federal privacy standards for substance use disorder (SUD) patient records more closely with standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Specifically, the bill authorizes the disclosure of SUD patient records without a patient's written consent to: (1) a covered entity for the purposes of treatment, payment, and health care operations, as long as the disclosure is made in accordance with HIPAA; and (2) a public health authority, as long as the content of the disclosure meets HIPAA standards regarding de-identified information. Current law authorizes disclosure of SUD patient records without a patient's written consent only to medical personnel in a medical emergency, to specified personnel for research or program evaluations, or pursuant to a court order. The bill also repeals and replaces criminal penalties for certain violations involving SUD patient records with the HIPAA civil penalty structure. It also applies HIPAA criminal penalties to wrongful disclosures of SUD patient records. In addition, the bill expands the current prohibition against using SUD patient records in criminal proceedings to include any use in specified federal, state, and local criminal and civil actions. The bill prohibits certain discrimination based on the release of SUD information under this bill.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2018-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- GREG WALDEN (R-OR), 2018-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-5807: SUD CARE Act
- 115-hr-5795: Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act
- 115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-4107: USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-3325: ACE Kids Act
- 115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)

## Sources
- [115-hr-6082 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6082)

## Related
- [115-hr-5807: SUD CARE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5807)
- [115-hr-5795: Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5795)
- [115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5499)
- [115-hr-4107: USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4107)
- [115-hr-3325: ACE Kids Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3325)
- [115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2740)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6082 (as of 2025-11-18).