Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act of 2018
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.
- IntroducedMay 9, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 19, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act of 2018
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to report to Congress on: (1) how Medicare pays for opioid and non-opioid pain management treatments in inpatient and outpatient hospital settings; (2) current incentives for prescribing opioid and non-opioid treatments under Medicare inpatient and outpatient prospective payment systems, along with recommendations to address any identified adverse incentives; and (3) how opioid use is currently tracked and monitored through Medicare and any areas for improvement.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2018 to Jun 5, 2018; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | May 9, 2018 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | May 9, 2018 |
| R-OH | James B. Renacci | May 15, 2018 | |
| R-SC | Mark Sanford | Jun 5, 2018 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 9, 2018Markup May 16, 2018Reported Jun 19, 2018 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2018 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 9, 2018Discharged Jun 19, 2018 |
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jun 20, 2018 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Jun 19, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-760, Part I.
- Jun 19, 2018Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- Jun 19, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 592.
- Jun 19, 2018Mr. Roskam moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 19, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5264-5265)
- Jun 19, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5723.
- 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 H5264)
- Jun 19, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 16, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 16, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 9, 2018Introduced in House
- May 9, 2018Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 2
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 H5264, H5265Text printed H5264 | Claudia Tenney R-NY, Judy Chu D-CA, Peter J. Roskam R-IL | Jun 19, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4270 | Claudia Tenney R-NY | May 21, 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 7, 2018H.R. 5723, Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act of 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 16, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 75, May 9, 2018, page H3886.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-158 | VARIOUS MEASURES180 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Sep 27, 2018 |
Related bills 1
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 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to report on opioid payment, adverse incentives, and data under the Medicare program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2018Referred in Senate
- Jun 19, 2018Engrossed in House
- Jun 19, 2018Reported in House
- May 9, 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.
