2018-02-20: During her seventh discussion across North Dakota aimed at finding long-term, bipartisan solutions to tackle the addiction epidemic, Heitkamp unveiled the Opioid Response Enhancement Act, which she helped introduce. The bill would expand a critical federal grant program to provide $12 billion over five years for local organizations to treat drug abuse and addiction while preventing further overdoses. Additionally, the legislation would grant flexibility to states and tribes to allocate funding to treatment programs that best fit their communities. The bill builds on the LifeBOAT Act which Heitkamp helped introduce to provide needed federal funds for opioid intervention and treatment resources.
(Source: KFYR-TV)
