HR 5782 · 115th Congress · Health

Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018

Introduced 2018-05-11· Sponsored by Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2018-05-31)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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 of opioids that is not medically necessary, or failing to report any order or pattern of orders that would cause a reasonable person to believe the opioids were not being dispensed in a medically reasonable manner.…

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Cosponsors (5)

5 Democrats