United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5865 (115th)
Addiction Prevention and Responsible Opioid Practices Act
Introduced
17 May 2018
Last action
24 July 2018 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sponsors
Matt Cartwright
Subjects
Healthcare, Taxation
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Addiction Prevention and Responsible Opioid Practices Act This bill establishes a series of requirements relating to opioid regulation, prescribing, and monitoring, including licensure requirements for pharmaceutical representatives, a national opioid drug mapping tool to monitor prescribing practices of Medicaid providers, and an excise tax on opioid manufacturers.
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Timeline
17 May 2018
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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
17 May 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 May 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 June 2018
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
24 July 2018
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 17 May 2018 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 17 May 2018
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 17 May 2018
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 17 May 2018
Sponsors
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5865
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5865
- us · 115-hr-5865 · source updated 5 December 2025