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H.R. 5782 (115th)

Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018

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Introduced

11 May 2018

Last action

31 May 2018 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7], Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

5 December 2025

Healthcare

Summary

Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit a drug manufacturer from engaging in illegal marketing and distribution practices, including falsely advertising, promoting, or marketing that an opioid has no addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining qualities or risks, supplying states or communities with a quantity of opioids that is not medically necessary, or failing to report any order or pattern of orders that would cause a reasonable person to believe the opioids were not being dispensed in a medically reasonable manner.

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Timeline

  1. 11 May 2018

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 11 May 2018

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 11 May 2018

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 31 May 2018

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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Introduced in House (text)

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  • Introduced in House (text)

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