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1. Bilirakis Hosts Roundtable Discussion on Veterans’ Opioid Safety

   ... the Jason Simcakoski PROMISE Act, to address Veterans’ opioid safety and quality pain management through the Department of Veterans ... who died in 2014 due to a toxic mixture of prescribed opioid medication. “After hearing Jason’s story, I introduced the ...

   2016-12-01 00:00

2. Bilirakis Addresses Opioid Abuse in FL12 and Across the Nation

   ... on Health today advanced legislation to further address the opioid abuse epidemic and keep families and communities safe. “There ... here . To further address the prescription opioid and heroin epidemic specifically in FL12, Congressman Bilirakis ...

   2016-04-20 00:00

3. Bilirakis Introduces PROMISE Act to Help Veterans

   ... (R-FL) today introduced H.R. 4063, the Promoting Responsible Opioid Management and Incorporating Scientific Expertise Act (PROMISE Act) to ... at the VA. This legislation will increase safety for opioid therapy and pain management by requiring the VA and DOD to update their ...

   2015-11-18 00:00

4. Five Bilirakis Bills Headed to the Floor

   ... out of the Committee is provided below:   The Opioid Prescription Verification Act (H.R. 2355) will strengthen electronic ... in place in order to reverse that troubling trend, curb opioid abuse, and save lives ,” said Congressman Gus Bilirakis.   ...

   2021-07-22 10:59

5. Bilirakis Coauthors Legislation to Improve Transparency and Ensure Addiction Funding is Effectively Spent

   ... large to hold the government accountable for addressing the opioid crisis. Monitoring and evaluation of this kind is not required by law at ... total, Congress has allocated over $10.7 billion to address opioid addiction since 2018.   And, we are finally seeing results.  It is ...

   2019-07-18 09:00

6. A Look Back: Summer 2016

   ... to discuss a big bipartisan legislative victory to address opioid epidemic in our nation. I was honored to play a critical role in getting ...

   2016-08-31 00:00

7. Bilirakis Applauds House Passage of Several Bills to Address Drug Abuse

   ... Act to help address the many problems related to Veteran opioid use.” On Tuesday, the House unanimously advanced Congressman ... Jason Simcakoski PROMISE Act to help improve VA opioid safety, and provide Veterans with safe, personalized care to deal with ...

   2016-05-13 00:00

8. 23 Bilirakis Priorities Included in Appropriations Package

   ... through the VA Offers a total of $402 million in opioid abuse treatment and prevention at VA Includes language encouraging ... for our Pro-Life community Helps continue to address opioid crisis by allocating $378 million in opioid abuse reduction activities ...

   2019-12-18 15:32

9. Bilirakis PROMISE Advances

   ... address the issues of the overprescribing of opioids and opioid abuse by: increasing safety for opioid therapy and pain management; ensuring more transparency at the VA; ...

   2016-02-25 00:00

10. Bilirakis Works to Address the Drug Abuse Crisis

    ... for drug abuse education and recovery, ensure that both opioid relapse prevention medication and opioid maintenance treatments are provided to patients based on their ...

    2015-10-08 00:00

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