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Hearing on "Examining Legislative Proposals to Combat our Nation's Drug Abuse Crisis," Subcommittee on Health (October 8, 2015 and October 20, 2015)

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Location:
2123 Rayburn House Office Building

The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Thursday, October 8, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building.  The hearing was entitled "Examining Legislative Proposals to Combat our Nation's Drug Abuse Crisis."

The hearing will reconvene on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.


H.R. 2536, the Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment Act

H.R. 2805, the Heroin and Prescription Opioid Abuse Prevention, Education, and Enforcement Act of 2015

H.R. 2872, the Opioid Addiction Treatment Modernization Act

H.R. 3014, the Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2015

H.R. 3537, the Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2015

H.R. ____, the Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act of 2015

H.R. ____, the Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2015

Livestream, Part II

 

Livestream, Part I

Witnesses

Key Documents

Memorandum from Ranking Member Pallone to the Subcommittee on Health

Opening Statement from Ranking Member Pallone, as prepared for delivery

Opening Statement from Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Green, as prepared for delivery

Preliminary Transcript Day I

Preliminary Transcript Day II

Witnesses, Day 1 

Michael Botticelli
Director
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Testimony

Dr. Richard Frank
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Testimony

Jack Riley
Acting Deputy Administrator
Drug Enforcement Administration
Testimony

Witnesses, Day 2

Kenneth D. Katz, M.D.
Section of Medical Toxicology
Department of Emergency Medicine
Lehigh Valley Health Nework
On behalf of the American College of Emergency Physicians
 
Paul K. Halverson, DrPH, FACHE
Founding Dean
Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University
 
Chapman Sledge, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Cumberland Heights Foundation
 
Robert Corey Waller, MD, MS
Chair
Legislative Advocacy Committee, American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
 
Allen F. Anderson, MD
President
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
Issues:Health