WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, led by Chairman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), will mark up 26 bills, including H.R. 2483, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025. This bipartisan legislation, which is co-led by Chairman Guthrie and Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), has received widespread support from over 160 vital substance use disorder treatment and recovery organizations.

Here’s what they’re saying:

“The state of behavioral health in America remains a national crisis, with millions of people across the nation experiencing an SUD and 1 in 5 Americans experiencing an MH condition each year,” said Debbie Witchey, MHA, President and CEO of Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW). “The SUPPORT Act is critical to effectively addressing SUDs and co-occurring MH conditions. Its policies and provisions will continue to embrace prevention, treatment, and a pathway to recovery.”

“Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a nearly 24% decline in drug overdose deaths from September 2023 through September 2024. The number of overdose deaths during this 12-month period was the lowest since June 2020,” said Advocates for Opioid Addiction Treatment (AOAT). “Without question, the bipartisan SUPPORT Act of 2018, which expanded access to treatment and began addressing treatment workforce shortages played a critical role in reversing the tragic and deadly overdose trend and saving lives.” 

“Overdose rates are beginning to drop slightly, and we firmly believe that our investment in recovery support services is a major reason why. The SUPPORT Act gave rise to the Building Communities of Recovery Program, which seeks to mobilize and connect a broad array of community-based resources for persons with substance use disorders (SUD) and co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD),” said Patty McCarthy, CEO of Faces & Voices of Recovery. “You have our full-throated support for the passage of this legislation, and we look forward to your continued commitment to the advancement of SUD treatment and recovery.” 

Background: 

H.R. 2483, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 reauthorizes key public health programs focused on prevention, treatment, and recovery for patients with substance use disorder that were established in the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act, which was signed into law in 2018.

Full list of supporting organizations: 

• A Stepping Stone to Success
• Active Minds
• ADA Women's Center
• Addiction Policy Forum
• Addiction Professionals of North Carolina
• Advocates for Opioid Addiction Treatment (AOAT)
• Akin
• American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD)
• American Association of Addiction Nursing
• American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• American Jail Association
• American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA)
• Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW)
• Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
• Barbie Girl Ink LLC
• Behavioral Health Foundation
• Beyond Addiction
• Boone County Drug Prevention Coalition
• Brain First Family Center
• Bridging Hope, Inc.
• Brightpoint
• Bring Light Save Life
• C.A.R.E
• CADCA
• California Consortium of Addiction Programs & Professionals
• Centerstone
• Center for Adolescent Behavioral Health Research, Boston Children's Hospital
• Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Healthcare
• Children’s Hope Alliance
• Command Destinations
• Community in Connection
• Couve Collective
• Crossroads To Intervention, Inc
• Crosswinds Recovery
• Dayspring Foundation
• DePaul’s NCADD-RA
• Devin J. Norring Foundation
• Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC)
• Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy, & Action (EDC)
• Faces & Voices of Recovery
• First Step Counseling & Educational Services
• Families Forward Michigan
• FASCETS Center for Neurodiversity
• FASD Changemakers
• FASD Collaborative Project
• FASD Network of Northern California
• FASD Network of Southern California
• FASD Strong
• FASD United
• FASDNow!
• Florissa Pediatric Development Center
• FLOW Counseling & Guidance, Pllc
• Formed Families Forward
• Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina
• Freund & Associates, LLC
• Functional Link Occupational Therapy
• Grant a Gift Autism Foundation
• Harm Reduction Research Lab, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson
• Hawaii FASD Action Group
• Healthcare Leadership Council
• Heart & Soul Speech
• Hopewell
• HOR Community Solutions, LLC
• Huntington, WV QRT (Quick Response Team)
• Hurley House
• IC&RC
• Illuminate Colorado
• InforMATION, LLC
• Inseparable
• Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc.
• International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC)
• Iowa Harm Reduction Coalition
• Jenks Forensic Addictions Services
• JLM Research and Evaluation
• Kansas FASD Support Network, Inc
• Kasper’s FASD Life Coaching & Training
• Kentucky Alliance of Recovery Services
• Kohnlinq, Inc.
• Latino Ministers of New Jersey For Justice
• Liberation Programs
• Long Island Recovery Association
• Maddie Wright Foundation
• Madison County Recovery Allies
• Magical Manners Club for Boys & Girls
• Maryland Legislative Coalition
• Meadows Behavioral Healthcare
• Mental Health America
• Mental Health Colorado
• Mental Health Liaison Group (MHLG)
• Merakey
• Michigan Coalition for Fetal Alcohol Resources Education and Support
• Mighty Crow
• Milford Prevention Council
• Mississippi Society of Addiction Medicine
• Missouri Works Initiative
• Montgomery County Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, Inc.
• NAMI Southeastern Arizona
• National Alliance for Comprehensive Addiction Treatment Solutions (NACATS)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness, Southeastern AZ
• National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH)
• National Association for Children of Addiction
• National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers
• National Behavioral Health Association of Providers
• National Council for Mental Wellbeing
• National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG)
• National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
• National District Attorneys Association
• NCFASD Informed, Inc.
• Neuro.behavioral.connections
• New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies, Inc.
• New Jersey Center for Empowerment and Community Development
• New York State Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
• No More ODs, Inc.
• Objective Recovery, Inc.
• Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services
• Oregon Council for Behavioral Health
• PACID: Parent Advocates for Adult Children with IDD
• Power Forward, Inc.
• Prevention Action Alliance
• RASE Project
• ReBuilding Bridges Consulting, LLC
• Recovery Revolutionists
• Rockland Recovery Homes, Inc.
• Sacred Hearts Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine
• Sage Advice Therapy LLC
• Salisbury Elks #699
• SC FASD COLLABORATIVE
• SEIU Local 500
• Serenity Now - Nar-Anon Chapter
• Shatterproof
• Skyland Trail
• South Florida Wellness Network
• St. Joseph's Behavioral Health Center
• Supporting Community in Recovery Fund/Yakima Valley Community Foundation
• TASC, Inc. (Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities)
• Teton County Health Department - Prevention
• Texas FASD Network
• The BROCK Foundation
• The Florida Center
• The Florida Center for Early Childhood
• The Kennedy Forum
• The Ohio Council of Behavioral Health and Family Services Providers
• The Papillion Center Kentucky
• The Sanctuary Foster Care Services
• Thrive Family Recovery Resources
• Treatment Communities of America
• Tyler's Redemption Place
• University of Washington
• UT Tyler School of Medicine
• Valley Court Diversion Programs
• Village Collaboration Station, PC
• Wake Up Nevada LLC
• WeKonnect LLC
• Westcare
• White Flint Family Pharmacy
• WV Drug Intervention Institute
• Wyoming County Special Needs Association
• 101 Ways
• 21-14 CAF

Click here to for full bill text of H.R. 2483.

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