Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act
Latest action · Jun 20, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 24, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 19, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration program to: (1) increase access to opioid-use disorder treatment services for Medicare beneficiaries, (2) improve physical and mental health outcomes for such beneficiaries, and (3) reduce Medicare expenditures.
Opioid-use disorder care teams of practitioners may apply for participation in the demonstration project. The CMS must establish a performance-based incentive payment for participants.
(Sec. 3) The bill also requires prescriptions for controlled substances that are covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit or Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans to be transmitted via electronic prescription programs. The CMS may waive such requirements under specified circumstances.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 24, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OR | Greg Walden | May 24, 2018 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | May 24, 2018 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 24, 2018Markup May 17, 2018Reported Jun 12, 2018 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 24, 2018Discharged Jun 12, 2018 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 1, 2018 | |
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jun 20, 2018 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Jun 19, 2018Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 19, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5239-5243)
- Jun 19, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5605.
- Jun 19, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5239-5241)
- Jun 19, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 19, 2018The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 12, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-744, Part I.
- Jun 12, 2018Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- Jun 12, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 578.
- May 17, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 17, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 1, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 24, 2018Introduced in House
- Apr 24, 2018Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5239–H5243Text printed H5239–H5241 | Greg Walden R-OR, Joseph P. Kennedy III D-MA, Raul Ruiz D-CA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Jun 19, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 11, 2018H.R. 5605, Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 17, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 66, April 24, 2018, page H3506.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6 | SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act | Related bill | Oct 24, 2018 |
| S 2460 | Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act | Related bill | Feb 27, 2018 |
| HR 3528 | Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act | Related bill | Jun 12, 2018 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an opioid use disorder treatment demonstration program.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an opioid use disorder treatment demonstration program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Congressional oversight
- Drug therapy
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care quality
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Home and outpatient care
- Hospital care
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Performance measurement
- Prescription drugs
- User charges and fees
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2018Referred in Senate
- Jun 19, 2018Engrossed in House
- Jun 12, 2018Reported in House
- Apr 24, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
