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U.S. House Panel Advances Mass. Congressmen’s Opioid Bills

August 11, 2015

capitalThe House Energy and Commerce Committee approved two pieces of legislation that Massachusetts lawmakers introduced in their continuing battle against opioid abuse, setting up a potential vote this fall on final passage by the House of Representatives.

On separate voice votes, the committee approved a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, D-Brookline, to strengthen prescription monitoring programs, and a bill introduced by Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Melrose, to help hospitals diagnose and treat newborns suffering from opiate exposure.

Several members of the committee spoke in favor of the two bills, urging colleagues to support a bipartisan effort to address the national epidemic of opioid abuse.

“The bill will combat the rise of prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome,” said Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa.”

Read more at: http://kingston.wickedlocal.com/article/20150806/NEWS/150808074

Source: Kingston.WickedLocal.com – August 6, 2015

Categories: Addiction, News Updates, Prescription Drugs
Tags: Addiction, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, Prescription Opioids

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