Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and modifies various grants, programs, and activities that address substance use and misuse.
This includes reauthorizing (1) data collection, education, and surveillance activities; (2) grants and other support for substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery; (3) student loan repayment and other programs for the substance use disorder workforce; and (4) programs for addressing trauma, particularly for children, youth, and their families. Generally, the modifications expand programs.
Additionally, the bill modifies provisions related to the scheduling of controlled substances, including by incorporating illicit xylazine (a compound used in veterinary medicine as a nonopioid tranquilizer) into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act.
Further, the bill makes permanent a requirement that Medicaid programs cover medication-assisted treatment for individuals with substance use disorders.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-13 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate |
| 2023-12-12 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2023-12-12 | Vote | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 386 - 37 (Roll no. 715). (text: 12/11/2023 CR H6790-6794) | House floor actions |
| 2023-12-12 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6836) | House floor actions |
| 2023-12-11 | Floor | At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. | House floor actions |
| 2023-12-11 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4531. | House floor actions |
| 2023-12-11 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6789-6797) | House floor actions |
| 2023-12-11 | Floor | Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2023-09-28 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 3. | House committee actions |
| 2023-09-28 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held | House committee actions |
| 2023-07-19 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0. | House committee actions |
| 2023-07-19 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2023-07-11 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2023-07-11 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2023-07-11 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2023-07-11 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |