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Note: Budget requests for years prior to FY 2026 were submitted by prior Administrations and may not reflect current HHS policy.
NIDCR receives its budget through the annual appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services and the NIH. Appropriations are authorized by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by the President.
Prescription opioids continue to contribute to the opioid overdose epidemic in the United States. In fact, more than 40 percent of all U.S. opioid overdose deaths in 2016 involved a prescription opioid.