IMPROVE Addiction Care Act
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 28, 2021
Last action Jun 29, 2021
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Total actions
3
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Committee
2
Jun 29, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jun 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Jun 28, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
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