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H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018

March 27, 2018

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;

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