The House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled two hearings this month to consider more than 50 bills that take on the opioid crisis.
The committee plans to hold a markup for legislation on May 9 and another on May 17. The schedule released Friday comes as a subcommittee advanced 57 bills that address different facets of the opioid epidemic.
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Committee leaders have said they want to get the opioid bills through the House by the Memorial Day recess. The Senate is working on its own legislation.
The 57 bills run a wide gamut, with some aiming to give law enforcement more tools to combat shipments of illegal copies of the powerful painkiller fentanyl. Other bills seek changes to Medicare and Medicaid, and some pieces of legislation target expanding treatment options such as expanding the use of telehealth to help addicts suffering in rural communities.
It is not clear if six bills that were not considered during the subcommittee markup last month will be considered at the full committee markup.
