Rural Area Opioid Prevention Pilot Program Act
Summary
Rural Area Opioid Prevention Pilot Program Act This bill expands the allowable uses of grant funds under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program administered by the Department of Justice. Specifically, the bill allows grants to be used for pilot programs for rural areas to implement community response programs that focus on alternatives to incarceration and reducing opioid overdose deaths. The bill also requires at least 10% of grants under the program to be awarded to rural areas.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 4, 2021
Last action Nov 9, 2021
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Committee
2
Nov 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
lower
May 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
May 4, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Conor Lamb
DDemocratic
Co
Abigail Davis Spanberger
DDemocratic
Co
Cynthia Axne
DDemocratic
Co
David J. Trone
DDemocratic
Co
Deborah K. Ross
DDemocratic
Co
Derek Kilmer
DDemocratic
Co
Don Bacon
RRepublican
Co
Jimmy Panetta
DDemocratic
Co
Madeleine Dean
DDemocratic
Co
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
RRepublican
Co
Raja Krishnamoorthi
DDemocratic
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