As the new Congress is sworn in today, we wanted to take a look back at the work of AOTA Federal Affairs in the previous Congress. Here is a list of some of the major legislation that AOTA supported during the 115th Congress (Jan 2017- Jan 2019) and a summary of some of the outcomes. We will be...
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On October 3, 2018 the Senate passed the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioids Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (H.R. 6), sending the bill the President Trump to be signed into law. The SUPPORT Act is wide-ranging legislation to address the...
In 2016 Congress passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). This bill was an initial step to help address issues related to drug addiction and treatment with a focus on opioids. Specifically, the bill focused on access to medications to treat opioid overdoses, the development...
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