House
May 31, 2018To hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for illegal marketing and distribution of opioid products and for their role in creating and exacerbating the opioid epidemic in the United States.
Summary
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Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit a drug manufacturer from engaging in illegal marketing and distribution practices, including falsely advertising, promoting, or marketing that an opioid has no addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining qualities or risks, supplying states or communities with a quantity...
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Introduced(5/11/18)
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Passed
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Passed
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Cosponsors (4)
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Latest Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 31, 2018