REACH OUT Act of 2018
USA115th CongressHR-5796| House
| Updated: 6/20/2018
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
Republican Representative
Pennsylvania
Cosponsors (5)
Ways and Means Committee, Finance Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users’ Treatment Act of 2018 or the REACH OUT Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to qualifying organizations in order to support efforts to curb outlier prescribers of opioids under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans. (Sec. 3) Additionally, the bill temporarily eliminates the enhanced federal matching rate for Medicaid expenditures regarding specified medical services provided by certain managed care organizations.
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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.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 564.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-729, Part I.
Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5237-5239)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5796.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5237)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5237)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingMedicarePrescription drugs
REACH OUT Act of 2018
USA115th CongressHR-5796| House
| Updated: 6/20/2018
Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users’ Treatment Act of 2018 or the REACH OUT Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to qualifying organizations in order to support efforts to curb outlier prescribers of opioids under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans. (Sec. 3) Additionally, the bill temporarily eliminates the enhanced federal matching rate for Medicaid expenditures regarding specified medical services provided by certain managed care organizations.
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Timeline
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.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 564.
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-729, Part I.
Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5237-5239)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5796.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5237)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5237)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
Republican Representative
Pennsylvania
Cosponsors (5)
Ways and Means Committee, Finance Committee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
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