United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4874 (114th)
Prevent ABUSE Act of 2016
Introduced
23 March 2016
Last action
25 March 2016 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Patrick Meehan, Brendan Boyle, Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19], Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10], Donald Norcross, Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1], Mick Mulvaney
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Prevent Abuse By Using Interstate Exchange Act of 2016 or the Prevent ABUSE Act of 2016 This bill requires a state that receives a prescription drug monitoring program implementation and enhancement grant to set aside at least 20% of grant funds to facilitate interstate electronic information sharing about prescriptions for controlled substances.
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Timeline
23 March 2016
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
23 March 2016
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
23 March 2016
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 March 2016
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 23 March 2016 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 23 March 2016
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 23 March 2016
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 23 March 2016
Sponsors
- Patrick Meehan · R · Sponsor
- Brendan Boyle · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10] · R · Sponsor
- Donald Norcross · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1] · R · Sponsor
- Mick Mulvaney · R · Sponsor
- · hsif00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4874
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4874
- us · 114-hr-4874 · source updated 12 August 2025