Anatomy of a Bill: Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016

Anatomy of a Bill Exercise

Bill Sponsor and Legislative Dates

Answers for “Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act” (CARA) of 2016 

1. Sponsor of the Bill - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
2. Date of Introduction of Bill - 02/12/2015
3. The Bill was signed by President into law on 07/22/2016
4. Changes in direct spending on Medication-Assisted treatment for Recovery from Addiction created by CARA in 2020 is 42 million of dollars in both the Estimated Budget Authority and Budget Outlays. 
5. The Nay Vote among all the votes for CARA on 03/10/2016 was of Sasse (R-NE) 
6.  “(Sec. 601) HHS must award grants to establish and implement a comprehensive state and local response to opioid abuse that includes education efforts, a prescription drug monitoring program, prescription drug and opioid addiction treatment programs, and overdose death prevention efforts. HHS must give priority to entities that: (1) provide civil liability protection for first responders, health professionals, or family members who are trained in administering an opioid overdose treatment; (2) enroll incarcerated drug offenders in community-based treatment services prior to reentry; (3) ensure that data from their prescription drug monitoring program can be shared with other states and is regularly updated; and (4) maximize use of prescription drug monitoring programs and ensure programs notify prescribers and dispensers of suspected abuse of controlled substances by patients” (Summary S. 524, Congress.gov)
7. Out of the two Cosponsors, Mark Steven and Richard, J., the former was the Original Cosponsor. Below are mentioned their names and dates of being cosponsors. 

Cosponsors

Committee Assignment and Amendment

1. The Bill was assigned to Senate Judiciary
2. “Amendment No. 3374, as Modified, to Amendment No. 3378

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I call up Donnelly amendment No. 3374, 

as modified.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.

  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley], for Mr. Donnelly, 

     proposes an amendment numbered 3374, as modified, to 

     amendment No. 3378”.

Identical Bill

1. The Identical Bill number related to CARA is H.R.953

References

Congress.gov (n.d.) S.524 - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016. 

congress.gov. Available at https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/524

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