National Opioid Action Act

=National Opioid Action Act=

June 28, 2019

——— To take federal action at a crisis stealing the lives of tens of thousands of Americans a year. ———

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives assembled in Congress of the United States of America

Title I: Public Awareness -Officially recognize the opioid epidemic as a national crisis;

-Require all doctors practicing or providing service to someone with public insurance funded by the federal government (including in the form of a grant) to transparently and meticulously detail the risks of strong opiate prescriptions;

-Put opiate related drugs as a tier 3 solution to pain;

-Require all opiate related drug manufacturers to provide transparent labels making the user aware of unintended and addictive characteristics of the drug;

-Authorize the health and human services to create an ad campaign highlighting the risks of opium related drugs; and

-Advocate the states require health classes in public schools to teach about the stigma of addiction treatment, the unintended and addictive effects of opium, or other related causes.

Title II: Increasing Treatment

-Federally funded public insurance programs will expand service to mental health related healthcare services;

-States are encouraged to expand federally funded public insurance programs;

-Federally funded or subsidized health centers regarding general health, including services such as the VA, will be authorized to expand a needle exchange program, managed by the states respectively;

-Criminalized opium drugs are decriminalized at the federal level;

-Appropriations of $2 billion are to be divided to publicly funded research centers and universities researching on Opium related treatment; and

-Investments by drugs companies to R&D in regards to an opium replacement will be tax-deductible