House Opioid Votes Continue With Several Controversial Bills On Tap

The House of Representatives will continue voting this week on a trove of bills aimed at alleviating the opioid crisis, including controversial measures on Medicaid payments for inpatient treatment, medical privacy for people with substance use disorders and expanded prescribing authority for buprenorphine. The House easily approved dozens of modest opioid-related bills last week , and it is scheduled to vote this week on H.R. 6, an overarching opioid package in which House leaders have compiled many of the chamber’s...