United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5782 (115th)
Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018
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
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
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
11 May 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
11 May 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
31 May 2018
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 11 May 2018 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018
Sources
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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
- us · 115-hr-5782 · source updated 5 December 2025