OCTOBER 23, 2018

President Signs SUPPORT Bill Against Opioid Abuse Today

By Marie Rosenthal, MS 

Orlando, Fla.—The president signed H.R. 6, a law that supports public health officials and providers to overcome the opioid crisis today.

H.R. 6—The Substance-Use Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act—is a comprehensive law that combined more than 70 bills from both chambers of Congress. It was passed by the House and the Senate in September and is now before the president’s