Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management, Treatment, and Recovery Act of 2018
Latest action · Jun 25, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedJun 14, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 19, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management, Treatment, and Recovery Act of 2018
This bill establishes several requirements for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and alters requirements under Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA), related to pain management and opioid use.
Among other requirements, the CMS must review payments under Medicare for opioid and non-opioid pain management procedures, specifically with respect to ambulatory outpatient surgical procedures and hospital outpatient department services. The CMS must ensure that there are no payment incentives for using opioids instead of non-opioid alternatives and must make revisions accordingly.
The bill also requires payment under Medicare to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics that have health care practitioners who are newly certified to provide medication-assisted treatment (e.g., buprenorphine).
The bill also authorizes the suspension of payments to a pharmacy under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and MA prescription drug plans pending the investigation of a credible allegation of fraud by the pharmacy.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 14, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Jun 14, 2018 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jun 14, 2018 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Jun 14, 2018 |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | Original | Jun 14, 2018 |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Original | Jun 14, 2018 |
| R-SD | Kristi L. Noem | Original | Jun 14, 2018 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Jun 14, 2018 |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Original | Jun 14, 2018 |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Original | Jun 14, 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 Jun 14, 2018 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 14, 2018 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 25, 2018 | |
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jun 20, 2018 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 20, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Jun 19, 2018Mrs. Walorski moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jun 19, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5249-5254)
- Jun 19, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6110.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E870 | Kenny Marchant R-TX | Jun 20, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5249–H5254Text printed H5250–H5252 | Jackie Walorski R-IN, Judy Chu D-CA | 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 99, June 14, 2018, page H5200.
Related bills 10
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 |
| HRES 1099 | Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6, with an amendment. | Related bill | Sep 28, 2018 |
| S 3008 | Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management Improvement Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jun 6, 2018 |
| S 3327 | SENIOR Communities Protection Act | Related bill | Aug 1, 2018 |
| HR 5676 | SENIOR Communities Protection Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jun 20, 2018 |
| HR 5722 | Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management Improvement Act of 2018 | Related bill | May 25, 2018 |
| HR 5725 | BEST Act | Related bill | May 23, 2018 |
| HR 5769 | Expanding Access to Treatment Act | Related bill | May 30, 2018 |
| HR 5778 | Promoting Outpatient Access to Non-Opioid Treatments Act | Related bill | May 31, 2018 |
| HR 5790 | To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for clinical psychologist services models to be tested by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes. | Related bill | May 31, 2018 |
Titles 3
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 the review and adjustment of payments under the Medicare outpatient prospective payment system to avoid financial incentives to use opioids instead of non-opioid alternative treatments, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management, Treatment, and Recovery Act of 2018'
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management, Treatment, and Recovery Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Alternative treatments
- Congressional oversight
- Drug therapy
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Home and outpatient care
- Hospital care
- Medicare
- Mental health
- Military medicine
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Rural conditions and development
- Surgery and anesthesia
- Veterans' medical care
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2018Referred in Senate
- Jun 19, 2018Engrossed in House
- Jun 14, 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.
