Click here to view Congressman Guthrie’s speech on the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. Washington, DC–Congressman Brett Guthrie’s (KY-02) bill to combat the opioid crisis, the Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act (H.R. 5327), today passed the House as part of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and (SUPPORT) for… Read more »
Click here to view Congressman Guthrie’s remarks on the House floor today in support of the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act. Washington, DC– The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Congressman Brett Guthrie’s (KY-02) Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act by a vote of 398 to 23. Currently, many states do not offer legal protection for sports… Read more »
Washington, DC– Today the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee approved Congressman Brett Guthrie’s (KY-02) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell’s (MI-12) Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources (EMPOWER) and Care Act (H.R. 5306), which will help certain Medicaid participants receive long-term care in their homes… Read more »
Washington, DC– President Donald J. Trump has signed into law Congressman Brett Guthrie’s (KY-02) health care bill to modernize state Medicaid programs and help those who rely on in-home health services (H.R. 6042).In 2016, Guthrie worked to include language in the comprehensive 21st Century Cures Act that requires state Medicaid programs to adopt electronic visit verification… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) applauded House passage of the Over-the Counter Monograph Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act (H.R. 5333). Congressman Guthrie is an original cosponsor of this legislation, which passed in the House yesterday by a unanimous vote.The Over-the-Counter Monograph Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act was introduced by Congressman Robert E.… Read more »
Washington, DC– The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (H.R. 6), which includes Congressman Brett Guthrie’s Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act. The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act passed the House by an overwhelmingly bipartisan… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie’s (KY-02) bill to modernize state Medicaid programs and help those who rely on in-home health services get quality care (H.R. 6042) yesterday passed the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously.Many of the most vulnerable Medicaid patients rely on in-home visits for delivery of their health care services, including the disabled and… Read more »
Washington, DC– This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed 39 bills to combat the nationwide opioid epidemic, including Congressman Brett Guthrie’s (KY-02) Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act (H.R. 5327).The Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act would establish a grant program for treatment facilities to offer all FDA-approved treatments for opioid use… Read more »
Washington, DC– The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act (H.R. 5327), a bill Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), vice chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, introduced earlier this year to combat the ongoing national opioid crisis. The Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act passed the House… Read more »
Washington, DC– Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), vice chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, this week introduced legislation (H.R. 6042) to make the implementation of the Medicaid Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) system easier for states to adopt. The EVV system provides accountability to ensure that patients receiving home services get… Read more »
