S. 1641 (114^th): Jason Simcakoski Memorial Opioid Safety Act

A bill to improve the use by the Department of Veterans Affairs of opioids in treating veterans, to improve patient advocacy by the Department, and to expand availability of complementary and integrative health, and for other purposes.

The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.

Overview

Introduced:: Jun 22, 2015
114^th Congress, 2015–2017
Status:: Introduced (Enacted Via Other Measures)

Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.

Provisions of this bill also appear in:

S. 524: Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016

Enacted — Signed by the President on Jul 22, 2016. (compare text)
Sponsor:: Tammy Baldwin

Junior Senator from Wisconsin

Democrat
Text:: Read Text »
Last Updated: Jun 22, 2015
Length: 71 pages

History

Jun 22, 2015		Introduced Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. Read Text »
Mar 10, 2016		Related Bill — Passed Senate (House next) This activity took place on a related bill, S. 524 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1641 (114th).
May 13, 2016		Related Bill — Passed House This activity took place on a related bill, S. 524 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1641 (114th).
Jul 8, 2016		Related Bill — Conference Report Agreed to by House (Senate next) This activity took place on a related bill, S. 524 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1641 (114th).
Jul 13, 2016		Related Bill — Conference Report Agreed to by Senate This activity took place on a related bill, S. 524 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1641 (114th).
Jul 22, 2016		Related Bill — Enacted — Signed by the President This activity took place on a related bill, S. 524 (114th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1641 (114th).

S. 1641 (114th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

This bill was introduced in the 114^th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 3, 2017. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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S. 1641 (114th): Jason Simcakoski Memorial Opioid Safety Act