Capito, Hassan Applaud House Passage of Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today applauded House passage of a version of bipartisan legislation they introduced to establish comprehensive opioid recovery centers that would provide coordinated care to Americans struggling with addiction.

“Comprehensive opioid recovery centers play a crucial role in helping individuals struggling with addiction, providing them the resources and support they need. The CORC Act that Senator Hassan and I introduced earlier this year will give our communities the tools to expand the services offered at existing recovery centers,” Senator Capito said. “I applaud the House for passing their version of this bill and for moving this legislative solution one step closer to the finish line.”

“I am grateful that the House of Representatives unanimously passed this important bipartisan bill to help provide Granite Staters and Americans struggling with substance use disorder the comprehensive and coordinated care that they need,” Senator Hassan said. “Now, it is critical that the full Senate passes this bill, along with other critical legislation to combat this crisis, without delay. I will continue to work with Senator Shelley Moore Capito to move this bipartisan measure forward to help save lives and ensure that our constituents in treatment have the wraparound support they need to get their lives back on track.”   

The bipartisan Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act—which passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee as part of a package of bills to combat the opioid crisis—would create a pilot program allowing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to eligible entities to expand existing treatment centers to serve as “Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers.” These centers would provide a full range of treatment and recovery services, including medication-assisted treatment, recovery housing, job training and support reintegrating into the workforce, counseling, and community-based and peer recovery support service, among others. States with higher overdose death rates, such as West Virginia and New Hampshire, would be given priority for these grants.

The House legislation was introduced by U.S. Representatives Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) and Gene Green (D-Texas).
 

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