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42 U.S.C. 280b-1: Preventing overdoses of controlled substances

Created in 2018 by the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act" or the "SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115-271). Changed by 1 later law. 1 new law this Congress changed it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 2483 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 · became law · changed (a), (b), (e)

How it got here

2022

  • Pub. L. 117–328, §1271(b)(2), substituted "Indian Tribes" for "Indian tribes". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) Law text · (a), (C), (b)
  • Pub. L. 117–328, §1271(b)(1), added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsecs. (c) and (d) as (d) and (e), respectively. (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) Law text · (c), (d), (e)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.