United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5782 (115th)
Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018
Introduced
11 May 2018
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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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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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 11 May 2018
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 11 May 2018
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 11 May 2018
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5782
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5782