Summary: H.R. 6: Substance Use Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery & Treatment For Patients & Communities Act

This document released on September 26, 2018, is a summary of the major policy changes in federal legislation passed by the Senate on October 3, 2018, and sent to the President (who as of October 12, 2018 had not signed it). The legislation has bipartisan support. The SUPPORT Act reauthorizes funding from the Cures Act, which put $500 million a year toward the opioid crisis, and makes changes to Medicare and Medicaid policy intended to allow states more flexibility in using the funding . . .