H.R. 5891Improving the Federal Response to Families Impacted by Substance Use Disorder Act

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Sponsor: Glenn Grothman [R-WI-06]
Cosponsors: 18 · 12 Republicans · 6 Democrats
Policy area: Health
Committees: Education and Workforce Committee, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Latest action: Jun 14, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

IntroducedMay 21, 2018
Passed the HouseJun 13, 2018
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Improving the Federal Response to Families Impacted by Substance Use Disorder Act

This bill establishes the Interagency Task Force to Improve the Federal Response to Families Impacted by Substance Use Disorders to recommend ways to better coordinate the responses of federal agencies to substance use disorders and the opioid crisis. Specifically, the task force must: (1) identify options to coordinate existing grants and other resources relating to the effect of substance use disorders on youth and families; (2) identify opportunities for state and local partnerships to improve prevention and treatment services; and (3) publish an action plan, including a timeline for implementation, within nine months after enactment of this bill.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5891 as introduced in House on May 21, 2018. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 264

House Jun 13, 2018

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Improving the Federal Response to Families Impacted by Substance Use Disorder Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

409 Yea 8 Nay 10 not voting

Crossed both parties 8 of 417 voting members broke with their own party: 8 Republicans.

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All members427 members

Democratic193 members

Republican234 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors18 · 12 Republicans · 6 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5891 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.