Congressman John Curtis had the following to say on the Wall Street Journal reporting of record drug overdose deaths in the United States:
"The recent Wall Street Journal reporting is incredibly sobering. Overdose deaths this year have now eclipsed 100,000 and served as the 4th leading cause of death during 2020, just behind COVID-19. So many of the communities that I am privileged… Read more »
This month, Representative Curtis (R-UT) introduced legislation with House Energy and Commerce Committee colleague, Representative Scott Peters (D-CA), to permanently provide tele-behavioral healthcare to those suffering with substance use disorder. The legislation specifically allows Medicare providers to prescribe Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) through telehealth without… Read more »
Last week, Representative John Curtis introduced the Helping Enable Access to Lifesaving Services (HEALS) Act, legislation that would fund federal grant programs to bolster the nation’s behavioral healthcare workforce. The legislation would specifically provide funding for institutions of higher education and non-profit organizations focusing on behavioral healthcare training… Read more »
Representative John Curtis issued the following statement after the announcement by Eli Lilly and Company to lower the cost of certain insulin products in the United States by forty percent effective January 2022:
“I regularly hear from Utahns about the high cost of insulin and I applaud the leadership at Eli Lilly in taking the unprecedented step to drastically lower… Read more »
This week,
Representative Curtis introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Telehealth
Awareness Week Resolution alongside fellow member of the House Energy
& Commerce Health Subcommittee Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) and full
committee colleague Representative Bill Johnson (R-OH). The Resolution
designates the week of September 19 through September 25 as ‘Telehealth
Awareness… Read more »
Last week,
Representative John Curtis introduced the bipartisan Dietary
Supplements Access Act alongside Representative Josh Gottheimer
(D-NJ), which will give millions of Americans more choice in how they are
maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The legislation would permit individuals and
families investing in health savings accounts to use pre-tax dollars to
purchase dietary nutritional… Read more »
Bipartisan Bill Allows Patients to Choose Non-Opioids
Today, Representatives John Curtis (R-UT) joined Reps. Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ), David B. McKinley (R-WV), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), to introduce the bipartisan Non-Opioid Directive (NOD) Act, which would allow patients to notify health professionals that they do not wish to be treated with… Read more »
Today, Representatives John Curtis (R-UT) and Scott Peters (D-CA) and Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced the Methamphetamine Response Act, a bipartisan bill declaring methamphetamine an emerging drug threat which would require the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to develop, implement and make public a national plan to prevent… Read more »
Today, Representative John Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, spoke about his telehealth bill, the “COVID-19 Emergency Telehealth Impact Reporting Act” during the House E&C hearing about the future of telehealth care. The recently reintroduced, bipartisan legislation will study the impacts of telehealth during the COVID-19 Public Health… Read more »
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the first case of COVID-19 in the United States. Representatives John Curtis (R-UT), Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), and Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) have reintroduced the bipartisan Protecting Individuals and Families Act, which permits millions of Americans to use their health savings accounts or flexible spending accounts to purchase face masks to protect… Read more »
