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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 566.
6/12/2018 • House
Summary
Rural Development of Opioid Capacity Services Act or the Rural DOCS Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to provide an enhanced federal matching rate for state Medicaid expenditures related to the expansion of substance-use treatment and recovery services.
The CMS must select 10 states for inclusion under the demonstration project, giving preference to states that have a prevalence of substance-use disorders (in particular, opioid-use disorders) comparable to or higher than the national average.
Introduced in House • 4/11/2018
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Originated in the House
Introduced
April 11, 2018
Committee Review
April 25, 2018
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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