Key health provisions in omnibus appropriation bill passed by House and Senate week of March 23, 2018.
H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 - Top-Line Summary on Select Issues

Opioids
Includes nearly $4 billion in funding for prevention, treatment, and law enforcement, spread across
multiple agencies as follows:

• USDA: $20M to help address the opioid epidemic in rural areas through telemedicine and distance
learning services.

• FDA: $94M to strengthen FDA’s presence at International Mail Facilities and purchase equipment
and information technology to increase its capacity to inspect more incoming packages to detect illicit
fentanyl.

• DOJ: $446.5M for law enforcement and grants to combat opioid, heroin, and other drug trafficking
and abuse, including $330M for the CARA grant program (a $227 million increase over FY2017),
which includes funding for drug courts; mental health courts; veterans treatment courts; adult and
juvenile collaboration program grants;