IV 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 419 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 3, 2019 Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Ryan , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Sensenbrenner , and Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce RESOLUTION Acknowledging the contributions of America’s addiction professionals and their commitment to delivering evidence-based practice to individuals with substance use disorders through recognized standards of education, training, and competencies.

Whereas the addiction professional workforce represents more than 100,000 counselors, educators, and other addiction-focused health care professionals; Whereas addiction professionals specialize in prevention, intervention, treatment, recovery support, and education; Whereas addiction professionals work across a wide variety of settings including outpatient care centers, mental health and substance use disorder facilities, general medicine and surgical hospitals, psychiatric and substance use disorder hospitals, private practice, clinics, as well as prisons, probation agencies, juvenile detention facilities, halfway houses, detoxification centers and more; and Whereas addiction professionals are addressing the full range of substance use disorders in our communities across the treatment and recovery continuum, including in the face of the current opioid crisis: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives supports the delivery of evidence-based care for substance use disorder by acknowledging the contributions of addiction professionals and encourages that recognized credentials reflect the requisite knowledge, training, and competencies for delivering quality, effective substance use disorder counseling.