Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5120
HANDS Act
Refreshed 6 h ago
Introduced 2025-09-03Topic: health care · public healthSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would require Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE to cover opioid overdose reversal drugs, such as naloxone, that hospitals, emergency departments, and ambulatory surgical centers give to at-risk patients when they leave, starting January 1, 2026. Patients would pay no deductible, copay, or other cost sharing for these drugs. A clinician must decide the patient is at risk of an opioid overdose and give instructions for using the drug. The bill directs federal agencies to issue guidance within one year to state licensing boards on hospital distribution and to hospitals on billing. It does not require providers to give out the drugs.
Sponsors
- Brittany Pettersen Democrat sponsor
- 3 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-03 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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. | refer |
| 2025-09-03 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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. | refer |
| 2025-09-03 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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. | refer |
| 2025-09-03 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-09-03 | Introduced in House | introduce |