FEDERALhearing transcript

Congressional Hearing: State Responses to the Opioid Epidemic

Original title: WHAT ARE THE STATE GOVERNMENTS DOING TO COMBAT THE OPIOID ABUSE EPIDEMIC?

January 1, 2015

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The Frame

What this does

The hearing established a federal record of state-level public health strategies, which informs future federal funding and legislative priorities regarding opioid addiction treatment and prevention.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

State Health Departments

These agencies provided testimony on their current public health programs and strategies for addressing opioid abuse.

Federal Subcommittee Members

Members of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations used the testimony to gather information for potential federal policy or oversight actions.

What changed

Last recorded activity January 1, 2015.

What's next

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Summary

This document is a transcript record of a 2015 House Subcommittee hearing where state health officials from Indiana, Massachusetts, Colorado, and Missouri testified on their respective strategies for addressing the opioid abuse crisis. The hearing focused on identifying effective state-level interventions and public health policies.

Key Facts

The hearing was held on May 21, 2015, in the Rayburn House Office Building.
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations convened to examine state-level responses to the opioid epidemic.
Witnesses included health commissioners and directors from Indiana, Massachusetts, Colorado, and Missouri.
The record includes prepared statements and written answers to follow-up questions from the four state witnesses.
A letter from Don Flattery was submitted into the record by Representative DeGette.

Frequently Asked Questions

What was the purpose of this hearing?

The hearing was held to understand how different state governments were addressing the opioid abuse epidemic at the time.

Who testified at this hearing?

Health officials from Indiana, Massachusetts, Colorado, and Missouri provided testimony regarding their state's public health efforts.

Why It Matters

The hearing established a federal record of state-level public health strategies, which informs future federal funding and legislative priorities regarding opioid addiction treatment and prevention.

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

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State-Federal Information Exchange

The hearing highlights a formal mechanism where federal oversight committees solicit specific operational data from state health departments to inform national policy.

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Indiana State Department of Health Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Connected Entities

personLarry Wolk“Executive Director, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment”Map →

personMark Stringer“Director, Division of Behavioral Health, Missouri”Map →

personDiana DeGette“Ranking Member of the Subcommittee”Map →

personTim Murphy“Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations”Map →

organizationSubcommittee on Oversight and Investigations“Congressional body conducting the hearing”Map →

personMonica Bharel“Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health”Map →

personJerome Adams“Commissioner, Indiana State Department of Health”Map →

Sources

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