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116-hr-8388116th Congress

IMPROVE Addiction Care Act

Sponsored By: Representative Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]

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Summary

Improving Medicaid Programs' Response to Overdose Victims and Enhancing Addiction Care Act or the IMPROVE Addiction Care Act This bill establishes additional requirements for state Medicaid drug-use review programs with respect to individuals who experience opioid-related overdoses. Specifically, programs must include protocols that (1) connect individuals who have experienced an opioid-related overdose within the last five years to appropriate treatment; (2) notify providers who prescribe opioids about subsequent fatal overdoses; (3) ensure providers are notified about an individual's history of opioid-use disorder, overdoses, or poisonings; and (4) educate providers about proper prescribing practices for these individuals.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]

OK • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/24/2020

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