Federal Legislation Addresses National Opioid Crisis, Will Impact the Entire Healthcare Industry

The U.S. healthcare industry needs to be aware of recent federal legislation that was signed into law on October 24, 2018. The Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment, or SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, H.R.6, was signed into law as a response to the national opioid crisis. The law broadly addresses the opioid crisis in ways that will affect the entire health care industry. The law is immediately effective, except for certain individual provisions which specifically define when they will go into effect. More ›