Opioid Workforce Act of 2019

Summary

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Opioid Workforce Act of 2019 This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for hospitals that have addiction or pain medicine programs, with an aggregate increase of 1,000 positions over a five-year period.

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Bill Progress

Bill has been introduced and assigned a number

Introduced(11/19/19)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Ms. Hassan

Senate (D) New Hampshire

Cosponsors (9)

Sinema

(D) AZ

Menendez

(D) NJ

Boozman

Senate (R) Arkansas

McSally

(R) AZ

Collins

Senate (R) Maine

Gillibrand

Senate (D) New York

Coons

Senate (D) Delaware

Murkowski

Senate (R) Alaska

Capito

Senate (R) West Virginia

Topics

Health

Education

Law Enforcement

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Nov 19, 2019