[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 419 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 419

 Acknowledging the contributions of America's addiction professionals 
     and their commitment to delivering evidence-based practice to 
 individuals with substance use disorders through recognized standards 
               of education, training, and competencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2019

  Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. 
 Tonko, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
                              and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Acknowledging the contributions of America's addiction professionals 
     and their commitment to delivering evidence-based practice to 
 individuals with substance use disorders through recognized standards 
               of education, training, and competencies.

Whereas the addiction professional workforce represents more than 100,000 
        counselors, educators, and other addiction-focused health care 
        professionals;
Whereas addiction professionals specialize in prevention, intervention, 
        treatment, recovery support, and education;
Whereas addiction professionals work across a wide variety of settings including 
        outpatient care centers, mental health and substance use disorder 
        facilities, general medicine and surgical hospitals, psychiatric and 
        substance use disorder hospitals, private practice, clinics, as well as 
        prisons, probation agencies, juvenile detention facilities, halfway 
        houses, detoxification centers and more; and
Whereas addiction professionals are addressing the full range of substance use 
        disorders in our communities across the treatment and recovery 
        continuum, including in the face of the current opioid crisis: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports the delivery 
of evidence-based care for substance use disorder by acknowledging the 
contributions of addiction professionals and encourages that recognized 
credentials reflect the requisite knowledge, training, and competencies 
for delivering quality, effective substance use disorder counseling.
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