As a Member on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) has been a leader in addressing the opioid crisis plaguing the United States, including introducing legislation to help communities combat drug abuse from the front lines.
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Today, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) joined his colleagues in voting for H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act.
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Today, the House passed by voice vote H.R. 5590, the Opioid Addiction Action Plan, which directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop an “Opioid Addiction Action Plan” by January 1, 2019.
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Today, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) sent a letter to the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Francis Collins, urging him to dedicate more resources to pediatric cancer research.
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Today, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) applauded the announcement that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved Illinois’s Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver.
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Today, Representatives Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Yvette Clarke (D-NY) introduced H.R. 5590, the Opioid Addiction Action Plan, which would require the Centers for Medicare/Medicaid (CMS) to develop an “Opioid Addiction Action Plan” with stakeholder feedback and then report it to Congress by January 1, 2019.
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The Illinois Congressional Delegation today pressed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma to promptly approve Illinois’s Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver.
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