STOP Stigma Act
Summary
Stopping Titles that Overtly Perpetuate Stigma Act or the STOP Stigma Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue guidance for renaming the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and other agencies and programs with names that contain stigmatizing terms such as abuse, addict, or alcoholic. HHS must also provide Congress with an assessment of the cost of such name changes and recommendations to revise federal laws to rename agencies or programs that are designated in statute.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 29, 2021
Last action Jun 30, 2021
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Total actions
3
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Committee
2
Jun 30, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jun 29, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Jun 29, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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