3.0.0 2606 2023-01-11T13:39:57Z 2023-01-11T13:39:57Z Senate S 2018-03-22 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-03-22T18:37:05Z 2018-03-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2018-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2018-03-22 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2018-03-22 True Health Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Health programs administration and funding Medical education Health 00 2018-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2019-07-19T19:52:00Z Opioid ECHO Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to train health professionals to treat opioid addiction and other substance abuse disorders, including by providing medication-assisted treatment, through the use of technology-enabled models. (Technology-enabled models are distance health education models that connect specialists with other health professionals through interactive videoconferencing to facilitate case-based learning, disseminate best practices, and evaluate outcomes.)

]]> Opioid ECHO Act Display Title Opioid ECHO Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for training health professionals to treat opioid addiction and other substance use disorders through using technology-enabled models, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Opioid ECHO Act Introduced in Senate 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2606is/xml/BILLS-115s2606is.xml 2018-03-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.