H.R. 1359 · 118th Congress

Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act

Introduced on Mar 3, 2023 by Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1). 70 cosponsors, 6 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 10, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 3, 2023
Cosponsors
70
6 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To expand the take-home prescribing of methadone through pharmacies.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Drug therapy
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Prescription drugs

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Donald NorcrossD-NJ-1Sponsor

Democrats · 64

Republicans · 6

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 3, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Mar 3, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Mar 3, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Mar 3, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Mar 10, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY, INC.11 reports
    $660K reported (all issues)
  2. American Psychological Association Services Inc.(FKA American Psychological Assn7 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION$710.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  3. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS5 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS$92K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MEDICINE5 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  5. American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry5 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)
  6. American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  7. American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists5 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)
  8. American Medical Association5 reports
    $30.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  9. Big Cities Health Coalition5 reports
    $190K reported (all issues)
  10. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH5 reports
    $665.6K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$4.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners5 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  12. Pinnacle Treatment Centers5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  13. Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund fka Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI)5 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)
  14. ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS4 reports
    $264.3K reported (all issues)
  15. TOBACCO-FREE KIDS ACTION FUND4 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  16. American Academy of Family Physicians1 report
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAI match · 99%
  17. Assn. of State and Territorial Health Officials1 report
    $49.2K reported (all issues)
  18. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS, INC.1 report
    $5,000 reported (all issues)
  19. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN1 report
    $269.1K reported (all issues)
  20. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association1 report
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  21. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.1 report
    $140K reported (all issues)
  22. GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  23. NYU Hospitals Center1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  24. National League for Nursing1 report
    $27.4K reported (all issues)
  25. New York University Langone Medical Center1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  26. SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS NAT'L ASSN1 report
  27. Trauma Center Association of America1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.