1. Read Both Bills. Circle the parts that the two versions have in common.

House Bill to Combat Opioid Addicction
• Fund addiction treatment programs by taxing
companies that make opioids.
• Require training on specific topics for providers
registered to prescribe opioids.
• Limit prescriptions to a 10-day supply with no refills.
• Require the diagnosis being treated with opioids to
be clearly stated on the prescription.

Senate Bill to Combbat OOpioid AAddicction
• Impose a fee on people convicted of making or
distributing opioids illegally, used to fund addiction
treatment programs.
• Require 12 hours of training for providers registered
to prescribe opioids.
• Limit prescriptions to a 7-day supply with no refills.
• Require practioners to prescribe a non-opioid
painkiller first.