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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="2579" measure-id="id115s2579" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2018-03-20" update-date="2018-06-13">
<title>Eliminating Opioid Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018</title>
<summary summary-id="id115s2579v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2018-06-13">
<action-date>2018-03-20</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Eliminating Opioid Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to&nbsp;expand its grant program&nbsp;for combating hepatitis C infections to include other infections associated with injection drug use.</p>]]></summary-text>
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