IMPROVE Addiction Care Act
- Last Action
- 7/25/2023
Actions
- 2023-07-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2023-07-25Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-07-25 (00)
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 1 to 5 years (as set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) to appropriate treatment and recovery services; (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.
Cosponsors (3)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Thomas Carper (D-DE)
Subjects
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Medicaid
- Prescription drugs
- State and local government operations
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