Summer Barrow Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Act
Summary
Summer Barrow Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 and modifies multiple grants, programs, and other activities that support prevention and treatment of substance use disorders. Specifically, the bill addresses mental health and substance use disorder services for homeless populations; priority substance use prevention and treatment needs that are of regional and national significance; access to treatment in areas with high or increasing rates of opioid use; data collection, research, and other activities to prevent and respond to underage drinking; diversion of individuals with mental health illnesses from the criminal justice system to community-based services; increased access to emergency treatments for known or suspected opioid overdoses (e.g., naloxone), including by expanding the prescriptive authority of certain health care providers; implementation of comprehensive state-based plans to respond to opioid use disorders; and use of opioid alternatives for pain management in hospitals and emergency departments.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 28, 2022
Last action Mar 29, 2022
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Mar 29, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Mar 28, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Mar 28, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Abigail Davis Spanberger
DDemocratic
Co
Kelly Armstrong
RRepublican
Co
Maria Elvira Salazar
RRepublican
Co
Tom O’Halleran
DDemocratic
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