--- title: "CARA bill" identifier: "114-S-524" congress: 114 bill_number: 524 bill_type: "S" version_code: "enr" version_type: "Enrolled Bill" bill_url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/114/bills/s/524" source: "https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/524" other_versions: - { code: "eah", type: "Engrossed Amendment House", date: "2016-05-13", url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/114/bills/s/524/text.md?version=eah" } - { code: "es", type: "Engrossed in Senate", date: "2016-03-10", url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/114/bills/s/524/text.md?version=es" } - { code: "rs", type: "Reported to Senate", date: "2016-02-22", url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/114/bills/s/524/text.md?version=rs" } - { code: "is", type: "Introduced in Senate", date: "2015-02-12", url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/114/bills/s/524/text.md?version=is" } site: "Chamber Zero" site_url: "https://chamberzero.com" rendered_at: "2026-06-03T23:16:32.590Z" --- ## SEC. 1 Short title; table of contents. [Read Section 1 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/1-section-one.md) # TITLE I — Prevention and education ## SEC. 101 Task force on pain management. [Read Section 101 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TI-101.md) ## SEC. 102 Awareness campaigns. [Read Section 102 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TI-102.md) ## SEC. 103 Community-based coalition enhancement grants to address local drug crises. [Read Section 103 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TI-103.md) ## SEC. 104 Information materials and resources to prevent addiction related to youth sports injuries. [Read Section 104 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TI-104.md) ## SEC. 105 Assisting veterans with military emergency medical training to meet requirement for becoming civilian health care professionals. [Read Section 105 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TI-105.md) ## SEC. 106 FDA opioid action plan. [Read Section 106 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TI-106.md) ## SEC. 107 Improving access to overdose treatment. [Read Section 107 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TI-107.md) ## SEC. 108 NIH opioid research. [Read Section 108 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TI-108.md) ## SEC. 109 National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization. [Read Section 109 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TI-109.md) ## SEC. 110 Opioid overdose reversal medication access and education grant programs. [Read Section 110 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TI-110.md) # TITLE II — Law enforcement and treatment ## SEC. 201 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program. [Read Section 201 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TII-201.md) ## SEC. 202 First responder training. [Read Section 202 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TII-202.md) ## SEC. 203 Prescription drug take back expansion. [Read Section 203 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TII-203.md) # TITLE III — Treatment and recovery ## SEC. 301 Evidence-based prescription opioid and heroin treatment and interventions demonstration. [Read Section 301 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIII-301.md) ## SEC. 302 Building communities of recovery. [Read Section 302 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIII-302.md) ## SEC. 303 Medication-assisted treatment for recovery from addiction. [Read Section 303 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIII-303.md) # TITLE IV — Addressing collateral consequences ## SEC. 401 GAO report on recovery and collateral consequences. [Read Section 401 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIV-401.md) # TITLE V — Addiction and treatment services for women, families, and veterans ## SEC. 501 Improving treatment for pregnant and postpartum women. [Read Section 501 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TV-501.md) ## SEC. 502 Veterans treatment courts. [Read Section 502 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TV-502.md) ## SEC. 503 Infant plan of safe care. [Read Section 503 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TV-503.md) ## SEC. 504 GAO report on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). [Read Section 504 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TV-504.md) # TITLE VI — Incentivizing State comprehensive initiatives to address prescription opioid abuse ## SEC. 601 State demonstration grants for comprehensive opioid abuse response. [Read Section 601 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TVI-601.md) # TITLE VII — Miscellaneous ## SEC. 701 Grant accountability and evaluations. [Read Section 701 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TVII-701.md) ## SEC. 702 Partial fills of schedule II controlled substances. [Read Section 702 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TVII-702.md) ## SEC. 703 Good samaritan assessment. [Read Section 703 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TVII-703.md) ## SEC. 704 Programs to prevent prescription drug abuse under Medicare parts C and D. [Read Section 704 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TVII-704.md) ## SEC. 705 Excluding abuse-deterrent formulations of prescription drugs from the Medicaid additional rebate requirement for new formulations of prescription drugs. [Read Section 705 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TVII-705.md) ## SEC. 706 Limiting disclosure of predictive modeling and other analytics technologies to identify and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. [Read Section 706 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TVII-706.md) ## SEC. 707 Medicaid Improvement Fund. [Read Section 707 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TVII-707.md) ## SEC. 708 Sense of the Congress regarding treatment of substance abuse epidemics. [Read Section 708 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TVII-708.md) # TITLE VIII — Kingpin Designation Improvement ## SEC. 801 Protection of classified information in Federal court challenges relating to designations under the Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. [Read Section 801 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TVIII-801.md) # TITLE IX — Department of Veterans Affairs ## SEC. 901 Short title. [Read Section 901 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-901.md) ## SEC. 902 Definitions. [Read Section 902 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-902.md) ## Subtitle A — Opioid therapy and pain management ## SEC. 911 Improvement of opioid safety measures by Department of Veterans Affairs. [Read Section 911 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-911.md) ## SEC. 912 Strengthening of joint working group on pain management of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. [Read Section 912 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-912.md) ## SEC. 913 Review, investigation, and report on use of opioids in treatment by Department of Veterans Affairs. [Read Section 913 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-913.md) ## SEC. 914 Mandatory disclosure of certain veteran information to State controlled substance monitoring programs. [Read Section 914 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-914.md) ## SEC. 915 Elimination of copayment requirement for veterans receiving opioid antagonists or education on use of opioid antagonists. [Read Section 915 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-915.md) ## Subtitle B — Patient advocacy ## SEC. 921 Community meetings on improving care furnished by Department of Veterans Affairs. [Read Section 921 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-921.md) ## SEC. 922 Improvement of awareness of patient advocacy program and patient bill of rights of Department of Veterans Affairs. [Read Section 922 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-922.md) ## SEC. 923 Comptroller General report on patient advocacy program of Department of Veterans Affairs. [Read Section 923 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-923.md) ## SEC. 924 Establishment of Office of Patient Advocacy of the Department of Veterans Affairs. [Read Section 924 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-924.md) ## Subtitle C — Complementary and integrative health ## SEC. 931 Expansion of research and education on and delivery of complementary and integrative health to veterans. [Read Section 931 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-931.md) ## SEC. 932 Expansion of research and education on and delivery of complementary and integrative health to veterans. [Read Section 932 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-932.md) ## SEC. 933 Pilot program on integration of complementary and integrative health and related issues for veterans and family members of veterans. [Read Section 933 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-933.md) ## Subtitle D — Fitness of health care providers ## SEC. 941 Additional requirements for hiring of health care providers by Department of Veterans Affairs. [Read Section 941 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-941.md) ## SEC. 942 Provision of information on health care providers of Department of Veterans Affairs to State medical boards. [Read Section 942 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-942.md) ## SEC. 943 Report on compliance by Department of Veterans Affairs with reviews of health care providers leaving the Department or transferring to other facilities. [Read Section 943 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-943.md) ## Subtitle E — Other matters ## SEC. 951 Modification to limitation on awards and bonuses. [Read Section 951 →](/congresses/114/bills/s/524/sections/TIX-951.md)