Congress 116 - HR 3439 - PATIENTS Act

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Appropriations Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Government trust funds Health Health care costs and insurance Health care quality Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Medical research Mental health Research administration and funding Research and development Sales and excise taxes Women's health

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Protecting Access To Information for Effective & Necessary Treatment and Services Act or the PATIENTS Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund, which supports research that evaluates and compares outcomes and the clinical effectiveness, risks, and benefits of two or more medical treatments, services, or other health practices. The bill also requires that research supported by the trust prioritize substance use disorders (including opioid use), mental health, and maternal health.

Additionally, the bill extends specified fees on private health insurance plans, including self-insured plans, which support the trust.

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Dec 24, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 579.
Dec 24, 2020

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Dec 24, 2020

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-696, Part I.
Jun 26, 2019

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 15.
Jun 26, 2019

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 25, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 24, 2019

Introduced in House
Jun 24, 2019

Referred 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.

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