United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4244 (117th)
STOP Stigma Act
Introduced
29 June 2021
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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3 January 2025
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.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 29 June 2021
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 29 June 2021
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 29 June 2021
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4244
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4244