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Bipartisan opioid bill introduced in Senate

CARA 2.0 includes numerous policy changes that include establishing a three-day initial prescribing limit on opioids for acute pain, beefing up services to promote recovery and aiming to increase the availability of treatment.

By Marlene Satter | Updated on February 28, 2018
The bill contains authorization for $1 billion in additional funding, with approximately $10 million funding a national education campaign on opioids. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Senators from both sides of the aisle have teamed up to introduce a bill that would tackle the opioid epidemic, while the Department of Justice will jump in on the side of states in a nationwide opioid lawsuit against manufacturers and distributors.

The Hill reports that CARA 2.0, meant as a follow-up bill to the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) signed into law in 2016, includes numerous policy changes that include establishing a three-day initial prescribing limit on opioids for acute pain, beefing up services to promote recovery and aiming to increase the availability of treatment.

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.

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