March 22

• Readout of HHS Secretary Azar’s Listening Session with State PDMP Leaders

March 20

• Readout of Assistant Secretary McCance-Katz’s Visit to Prestera Center

March 2

• Readout of Secretary Azar’s Visit to Brigid’s Path

January 26

• HHS Marks 2017 Accomplishments Under President Donald J. Trump

January 12

• Readout of Acting HHS Secretary Hargan’s visit to Baltimore

2017 HHS Opioid News Updates

December 18

• HHS highlights Office for Civil Rights' ongoing response to the opioid crisis, while implementing the 21st Century Cures Act

December 12

• Readout of Acting HHS Secretary Hargan Holds High-Level Opioids Meeting

December 8

• HHS announces the winners of the HHS Opioid Code-a-Thon

October 30

• Readout of Acting HHS Secretary Hargan’s Opioids Listening Session in Lexington, Kentucky
• Readout of Assistant Secretary McCance-Katz’s Opioids Listening Session in Nashua, New Hampshire
• Readout of U.S. Surgeon General VADM Jerome Adam’s Visit to Local Addiction Treatment Facility

October 27

• (OCR) HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Guidance on How HIPAA Allows Information Sharing to Address the Opioid Crisis

October 26

• HHS Acting Secretary Declares Public Health Emergency to Address National Opioid Crisis
• (FDA) Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on the Trump Administration’s important efforts to address the opioid crisis
• (SAMHSA) SAMHSA Reaffirms Efforts to Address the Public Health Emergency on the Opioid Crisis

October 6

• (SAMHSA) Assistant Secretary McCance-Katz Meets with Innovators to Discuss Solutions to Opioid Crisis

October 2

• (NIH) NIH-funded study to focus on newborns affected by opioids

September 29

• (SAMHSA) Mandatory Guidelines for Urine Testing Updated to Include Four Semi-Synthetic Opioids

September 27

• (OMH) HHS Office of Minority Health awards $5 million to help communities address the opioid crisis, childhood obesity and serious mental illness

September 25

• (CDC) CDC launches campaign to help states fight prescription opioid epidemic

September 20

• (FDA) Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on the agency’s continued efforts to promote the safe adoption of medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction

• (NIH) Federal agencies partner for military and veteran pain management research

September 15

• HHS commits $144.1 million in additional funding for opioid crisis

September 14

• (HRSA) HRSA awards $200 million to health centers nationwide to tackle mental health and fight the opioid overdose crisis

September 5

• (CDC) CDC awards $28.6 million to help states fight opioid overdose epidemic

August 31

• (SAMHSA) SAMHSA will unveil latest behavioral health data in conjunction with 28th annual National Recovery Month observance

August 30

• (SAMHSA) Texas, Louisiana may reallocate certain federal funds to provide addiction medication

August 25

• HHS Establishing Pain Management Task Force/Seeks Member Nominations

August 24

• Readout of Secretary Price’s Meetings in Vietnam

August 22

• (SAMHSA) SAMHSA report shows increase in opioid treatment facilities

August 21

• (FDA) Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. – FDA is carefully evaluating prescription opioid medications approved to treat cough in children

August 10

• HHS Secretary Statement on President Trump’s Opioid Announcement Today

August 2

• (SAMHSA) SAMHSA report shows increase in opioid treatment facilities

July 26

• (SAMHSA) New Report shows that Opioid Misuse Increases among Older Adults

July 25

• (OWH) HHS Awards 16 Grants to Prevent Opioid Misuse among Women and Girls

July 17

• (CDC) CDC awards $12 million to help states fight opioid overdose epidemic

July 15

• HHS Secretary Tom Price and CMS Administrator Seema Verma Address the Summer 2017 National Governors Association Meeting "The Future of Health Care"

July 14

• (SAMHSA) HHS announces $80.8 million in grants for Adult and Family Treatment Drug Courts, and Adult Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts

July 13

• (SAMHSA) SAMHSA report shows the usage of non-medical pain relievers across the nation

July 6

• (CDC) Opioid prescribing is still high and varies widely throughout the U.S.

June 26

• HHS announces the availability of $195 million to expand substance abuse and mental health services at health centers nationwide

June 19

• Secretary Price Meets with Opioid Addiction Specialists, Providers, and Treatment Facilities Stakeholders

June 12

• (SAMHSA) SAMHSA’s Behavioral Health Barometer provides key in-depth information on the nation’s behavioral health

June 9

• (SAMHSA) SAMHSA awards up to $34.4 million in grants to improve treatment for youth with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders

June 8

•  (NIH) NIH-led workshop addresses opioid misuse during pregnancy

May 31

• HHS announces over $70 million in grants to address the opioid crisis

May 11

• (SAMHSA) SAMHSA is accepting applications for up to $9.9 million dollars for the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act: State Pilot Grant Program for Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women.

April 19

• Trump Administration awards grants to states to combat opioid crisis

March 3

• (SAMHSA) SAMHSA is accepting applications for up to $6 million in grants to support the International AIDS Relief Addiction Technology Transfer Centers

January 24

• (SAMHSA) 1.5 million adults experiencing serious mental illness misused opioids in the past year