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.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-13 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate |
| 2018-06-12 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-12 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5052) | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-12 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5261. | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-12 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5052-5053) | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-12 | Floor | Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2018-05-09 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2018-05-09 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2018-04-25 | Committee | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent . | House committee actions |
| 2018-04-25 | Committee | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2018-03-16 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2018-03-13 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-13 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |