H.R. 5590
Referred to CommitteeOpioid Addiction Action Plan Act
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
6/20/2018 • Senate
Summary
Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop an action plan to provide recommendations on changes to the Medicare and Medicaid programs to enhance: (1) the treatment and prevention of opioid addiction, and (2) the coverage and payment of medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction. The CMS must convene a stakeholder meeting to solicit public comment on the action plan.
The CMS must also publish a report that includes an evaluation of price trends for opioid overdose-reversal drugs (e.g., naloxone) and recommendations on ways to lower consumer prices for such drugs.
Passed House amended • 6/19/2018
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Originated in the House
Introduced
April 24, 2018
Committee Review
May 17, 2018
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Floor Debate
June 19, 2018
Passed Chamber
June 19, 2018
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H.R. 6
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
S. 2769
A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for an action plan on recommendations for changes under Medicare and Medicaid to prevent opioids addictions and enhance access to medication-assisted treatment, and for other purposes.