Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act
USA115th CongressHR-5590| House
| Updated: 6/20/2018
Adam Kinzinger
Republican Representative
Illinois
Cosponsors (6)
Ways and Means Committee, Finance Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-746, Part I.
Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5247-5249)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5590.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5247-5248)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5247-5248)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Health
Congressional oversightDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth information and medical recordsHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesMedicaidMedical researchMedicareMental healthPublic participation and lobbyingRural conditions and development
Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act
USA115th CongressHR-5590| House
| Updated: 6/20/2018
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.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-746, Part I.
Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5247-5249)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5590.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5247-5248)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5247-5248)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Adam Kinzinger
Republican Representative
Illinois
Cosponsors (6)
Ways and Means Committee, Finance Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
Related Bills
- HR 115-6: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
- S 115-2769: 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.
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Congressional oversightDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHealth information and medical recordsHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesMedicaidMedical researchMedicareMental healthPublic participation and lobbyingRural conditions and development