,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #caje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjai,ms4  
,bonamici introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
establish an annual fee applicable to   
opioid manufacturers4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,opioid  
,treatment ,surge ,act4  #b4 ,annual fee
  7a7 ,in general ,for each of the #aj  
calendar years immediately proceeding   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall assess a fee against    
each prescription drug manufacturer     
that1 at any time during the period     
beginning on ,january #a1 #aiii1 and    
ending on the calendar year immediately 
preceding the year in which the fee is  
assessed1 manufactured any opioid drug  
7other than a drug described in         
subsection 7b774 ,such fee1 with respect
 to such a manufacturer1 shall be in an 
amount1 as determined by such           

,secretary1 that bears the same         
relationship to #b1jjj1jjj1jjj as the   
market share of any such opioid drugs   
manufactured by such manufacturer during
 the period for which the fee is being  
assessed bears to the total market for  
opioid drugs 7excluding such drugs      
described in subsection 7b77 during such
 period4  7b7 ,exceptions ,the fee      
described in subsection 7a7 shall not   
apply with respect to any opioid drug   
used exclusively for the treatment of-- 
7#a7 opioid addiction1 as part of a     
medically assisted treatment effort2 or 
7#b7 cancer or hospice patients4  7c7   
,transfers ,to block grant programs ,for
 each year that the ,secretary of       
,health and ,human ,services assesses   
fees under subsection 7a71 the          
,secretary of the ,treasury shall       
transfer from the general fund of the   
,treasury to the ,secretary of ,health  
and ,human ,services an amount equal to 
the amount of such fees1 for purposes of
 carrying out the substance abuse       

prevention and treatment block grant    
under subpart ,,ii of part ,b of title  
,,xix of the ,public ,health ,service   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjx-#ba et seq474