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Peer Support Enhancement and Evaluation Review Act

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the provision of peer support services under the Medicaid program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Peer Support Enhancement and Evaluation Review Act 2. GAO report on peer support services under Medicaid (a) In general Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the provision of peer support services under the Medicaid program. (b) Content of report (1) In general The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following information: (A) Information on State coverage of peer support services under Medicaid, including— (i) the mechanisms through which States may provide such coverage, including through existing statutory authority or through waivers; (ii) the populations to which States have provided such coverage; (iii) the payment models, including any alternative payment models, used by States to pay providers of such services; and (iv) where available, information on Federal and State spending under Medicaid for peer support services. (B) Information on selected State experiences in providing medical assistance for peer support services under State Medicaid plans and whether States measure the effects of providing such assistance with respect to— (i) improving access to behavioral health services; (ii) improving early detection, and preventing worsening, of behavioral health disorders; (iii) reducing chronic and comorbid conditions; and (iv) reducing overall health costs. (2) Recommendations The report required under subsection (a) shall include recommendations, including recommendations for such legislative and administrative actions related to improving services, including peer support services, and access to peer support services under Medicaid as the Comptroller General of the United States determines appropriate.

Summary: Peer Support Enhancement and Evaluation Review Act This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the provision of peer support services by states under Medicaid. The report must include information relating to coverage (e.g., payment models), the effects of such coverage (e.g., on overall health care costs), and recommendations for improving access to peer support services under Medicaid.
HOME Act

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a standard home office deduction. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Our Middle-Class Entrepreneurs Act HOME Act 2. Standard deduction for business use of home (a) In General Subsection (c) of section 280A (7) Standard home office deduction (A) In general In the case of an individual who is allowed a deduction for the use of a home office because of a use described in paragraph (1), (2), or (4), notwithstanding the limitations of paragraph (5), if such individual elects the application of this paragraph for the taxable year, such individual shall be allowed a deduction equal to the standard home office deduction for the taxable year in lieu of the deductions otherwise allowable under this chapter for such taxable year by reason of such use. (B) Standard home office deduction For purposes of this paragraph, the standard home office deduction is the lesser of— (i) $1,500, or (ii) the gross income derived from the individual’s trade or business for which such use occurs. (C) Inflation adjustment In the case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2017, the dollar amount in subparagraph (B)(i) shall be increased by an amount equal to— (i) such dollar amount, multiplied by (ii) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting 2016 1992 Any increase determined under the preceding sentence shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100. . (b) Effective Date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016.

Summary: Helping Our Middle-Class Entrepreneurs Act or the HOME Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer who uses a residence to conduct a trade or business a standard tax deduction equal to the lesser of $1,500 or the taxpayer's gross trade or business income derived from the business use of such residence. The bill provides for an inflation adjustment to the standard deduction amount in calendar years beginning after 2017.
eTREAT Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the use of telehealth services for the treatment of opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanding Telehealth Response to Ensure Addiction Treatment Act eTREAT Act 2. Expanding the use of telehealth services for the treatment of opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) (1) in paragraph (4)(C)(i), by striking paragraph (6) paragraphs (6) and (7) (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) Treatment of substance use disorder services furnished through telehealth (A) Non-application of originating site requirements The requirements described in paragraph (4)(C) shall not apply with respect to telehealth services furnished on or after January 1, 2019, for purposes of treatment of substance use disorder, as determined by the Secretary. (B) No originating site facility fee for new sites No facility fee shall be paid under paragraph (2)(B) to an originating site with respect to a telehealth service described in subparagraph (A) if the originating site does not otherwise meet the requirements for an originating site under paragraph (4)(C). (C) Report Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the impact of this paragraph with respect to telehealth services on— (i) the utilization of health care items and services related to substance use disorders, including emergency department visits; and (ii) health outcomes related to substance use disorders, such as opioid overdose deaths. .

Summary: Expanding Telehealth Response to Ensure Addiction Treatment Act or the eTREAT Act This bill expands the availability of substance use disorder telehealth services under Medicare. Under current law, telehealth services are generally covered under Medicare only if such services are received by beneficiaries at specified types of sites that are located in rural areas. The bill exempts substance use disorder telehealth services from these requirements.
Medicaid Substance Use Disorder Treatment via Telehealth Act

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide guidance to States regarding Federal reimbursement for furnishing services and treatment for substance use disorders under Medicaid using telehealth services. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Substance Use Disorder Treatment via Telehealth Act 2. Guidance to States regarding Federal reimbursement for furnishing services and treatment for substance use disorders under Medicaid using telehealth services, including in school-based health centers (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall issue guidance to States on the following: (1) State options for Federal reimbursement of expenditures under Medicaid for furnishing services and treatment for substance use disorders, including assessment, medication-assisted treatment, counseling, and medication management, using telehealth services. Such guidance shall also include guidance on furnishing services and treatments that address the needs of high risk individuals, including at least the following groups: (A) American Indians and Alaska Natives. (B) Adults under the age of 40. (C) Individuals with a history of nonfatal overdose. (2) State options for Federal reimbursement of expenditures under Medicaid for education directed to providers serving Medicaid beneficiaries with substance use disorders using the hub and spoke model, through contracts with managed care entities, through administrative claiming for disease management activities, and under Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment ( DSRIP (3) State options for Federal reimbursement of expenditures under Medicaid for furnishing services and treatment for substance use disorders for individuals enrolled in Medicaid in a school-based health center using telehealth services. (b) Definitions In this Act: (1) School-based health center The term school-based health center 42 U.S.C. 1397jj(c)(9) (2) Telehealth services The term telehealth services

Summary: Medicaid Substance Use Disorder Treatment via Telehealth Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to develop guidance for states on how to obtain federal reimbursement under Medicaid for substance use disorder telehealth services, including services provided in school-based health centers.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes.

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. 1. Electronic prior authorization for covered part D drugs Section 1860D–4(e)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–104(e)(2) (E) Electronic prior authorization (i) In general Not later than January 1, 2021, the program shall provide for the secure electronic transmittal of— (I) a prior authorization request from the prescribing health care professional for coverage of a covered part D drug for a part D eligible individual enrolled in a part D plan (as defined in section 1860D–23(a)(5)) to the PDP sponsor or Medicare Advantage organization offering such plan; and (II) a response, in accordance with this subparagraph, from such PDP sponsor or Medicare Advantage organization, respectively, to such professional. (ii) Electronic transmission (I) Exclusions For purposes of this subparagraph, a facsimile, proprietary payer portal that meets such standards as specified by the Secretary, or electronic form shall not be treated as an electronic transmission described in clause (i). (II) Standards In order to be treated, for purposes of this subparagraph, as an electronic transmission described in clause (i), such transmission shall comply with technical standards adopted by the Secretary in consultation with the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, other standard setting organizations determined appropriate by the Secretary, and stakeholders including PDP sponsors, Medicare Advantage organizations, health care professionals, and health information technology software vendors. .

Summary: This bill requires electronic prescription programs to enable the secure transmittal of prior authorization requests for covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Assessing Barriers to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Act

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to study and report on State Medicaid agencies' options related to the distribution of substance use disorder treatment medications under the Medicaid program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Assessing Barriers to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Act 2. GAO study and report on State options related to the distribution of substance use disorder treatment medications under the medicaid program (a) Study (1) In general The Comptroller General of the United States (in this section referred to as the Comptroller General buy-and-bill (A) The purchasing, storage, and administration of substance use disorder treatment medications by providers. (B) The dispensing of substance use disorder treatment medications by pharmacists. (C) The ordering, prescribing, and obtaining substance use disorder treatment medications on demand from specialty pharmacies by providers. (2) Requirements For each model of distribution specified in paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall evaluate how each model presents barriers or could be used by selected State Medicaid programs to reduce the barriers related to the provision of substance use disorder treatment by examining what is known about the effects of the model of distribution on— (A) Medicaid beneficiaries’ access to substance use disorder treatment medications; (B) the differential cost to the program between each distribution model for medication assisted treatment; and (C) provider willingness to provide or prescribe substance use disorder treatment medications. (b) Report Not later than 15 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.

Summary: Assessing Barriers to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Act This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on barriers to the provision of medication used to treat substance use disorders (e.g., buprenorphine) under Medicaid distribution models (e.g., provider purchasing, storage, and administration of medications).
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food and Drug Administration’s jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing and distribution of traditional and premium cigars. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017 2. Limitation of authority with respect to premium cigars (a) Exception for traditional large and premium cigars Section 901(c) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 387a(c) (1) in paragraph (2), in the heading, by inserting for certain tobacco leaf authority (2) by adding at the end the following: (3) Limitation of authority for certain cigars (A) In general The provisions of this chapter (except for section 907(d)(3)) shall not apply to traditional large and premium cigars. (B) Rule of construction Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant the Secretary authority to promulgate regulations on any matter that involves traditional large and premium cigars. (C) Traditional large and premium cigar defined For purposes of this paragraph, the term traditional large and premium cigar (i) means any roll of tobacco that is wrapped in 100-percent leaf tobacco, bunched with 100-percent tobacco filler, contains no filter, tip or non-tobacco mouthpiece, weighs at least 6 pounds per 1,000 count, and— (I) has a 100 percent leaf tobacco binder and is hand rolled; (II) has a 100-percent leaf tobacco binder and is made using human hands to lay the leaf tobacco wrapper or binder onto only one machine that bunches, wraps, and caps each individual cigar; or (III) has a homogenized tobacco leaf binder and is made in the United States using human hands to lay the 100-percent leaf tobacco wrapper onto only one machine that bunches, wraps, and caps each individual cigar; and (ii) does not include a cigarette (as such term is defined by section 900(3)) or a little cigar (as such term is defined by section 900(11)). . (b) Conforming amendments Section 919(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 387s(b) (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(II), by inserting , but excluding traditional large and premium cigars (as such term is defined under section 901(c)(3)) (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting subject to section 901(c)(3), if a user fee

Summary: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt traditional large and premium cigars from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and from user fees assessed on tobacco products by the FDA.
PACE Act

To amend the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit animal fighting in United States territories. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parity in Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act PACE Act 2. Extending prohibition on animal fighting to United States territories (a) In general Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2156 (1) by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through paragraph (3), it 26. Animal fighting (a) Sponsoring or exhibiting animal in, attending, or causing underage individual To attend, animal fighting venture (1) Sponsoring or exhibiting It ; (2) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3); (3) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking subsection (e) subsection (d) (B) by inserting or promoting (4) by striking subsection (d); (5) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) as subsections (d), (e), (i), (f), (g), and (h), respectively, and moving the subsections so as to appear in alphabetical order; (6) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), in the third sentence, by striking paragraph (f) subsection (7) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), by striking (e) (d) (8) in paragraph (3) of subsection (i) (as so redesignated), by adding and (b) Conforming amendment Section 49(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking (e) of section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act (d) of section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2156

Summary: Parity in Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act or the PACE Act This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the sponsoring or exhibiting of animal fights involving live birds (such as cockfights). Under current law, the fights are unlawful only if they take place in states or U.S. territories or possessions that have banned it.
Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act

To require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act 2. Filing by Senate candidates with Commission Section 302(g) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30102(g) (g) Filing with the commission All designations, statements, and reports required to be filed under this Act shall be filed with the Commission. .

Summary: Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports directly with the Federal Election Commission, instead of with the Senate as currently required.
Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2017

To extend the civil statute of limitations for victims of Federal sex offenses. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2017 2. Extension of statute of limitations for civil remedy for personal injuries Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 1595(c)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking the later of (B) in paragraph (1) by striking after the cause of action arose; or after the date upon which the plaintiff discovers the later of— (A) the violation that forms the basis for the claim; or (B) the injury that forms the basis for the claim; or ; and (2) in section 2255(b), by striking filed within 10 years filed— (1) not later than 10 years after the date upon which the plaintiff discovers the later of— (A) the violation that forms the basis for the claim; or (B) the injury that forms the basis for the claim; or (2) in the case of a person under a legal disability, not later than 10 years after the disability ends. .

Summary: Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise the statute of limitations for a victim of a human trafficking offense or federal sexual offense to file a civil action to recover damages. Under current law, the statute of limitations is 10 years from the date the cause of action arose. This bill sets a 10-year statute of limitations from the date the victim discovers the offense or injury. Additionally, it extends the statute of limitations for a minor victim of a federal sex offense to file a civil action to 10 years (currently 3 years) from the date such individual reaches age 18.
A bill to discontinue a Federal program that authorizes State and local law enforcement officers to investigate, apprehend, and detain aliens in accordance with a written agreement with the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to clarify that immigration enforcement is solely a function of the Federal Government.

To discontinue a Federal program that authorizes State and local law enforcement officers to investigate, apprehend, and detain aliens in accordance with a written agreement with the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to clarify that immigration enforcement is solely a function of the Federal Government. 1. Rescission of State and local immigration enforcement authority Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1357(g) (g) Except as provided in paragraphs (10) and (11) of section 103(a), in section 274(c), and in section 439 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1252c .

Summary: This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the authority to inquire about or verify immigration or citizenship status and to investigate, apprehend, arrest, or detain an individual for a violation of such Act is restricted to immigration officers and authorized employees of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and subject to limits set forth in other provisions of law. DHS authority to enter into written agreements with a state or state subdivision to perform immigration-related investigations, apprehensions, or detentions of aliens in the United States is eliminated. The bill exempts from the restriction under this bill DOJ authority to enter into other state and local agreements: (1) in the event of an actual or imminent mass influx of aliens representing urgent circumstances; and (2) with respect to immigration-related detentions in non-federal facilities, including personnel and facilities construction. The bill also exempts from such restriction state and local enforcement authority to arrest and detain certain previously-deported illegal aliens who have been convicted of a felony.
West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2017

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2017 2. Prohibition of oil and gas leasing on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1337 (q) Prohibition of Oil and Gas Leasing in Certain Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other law, the Secretary of the Interior shall not issue a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the State of California, Oregon, or Washington. .

Summary: West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, or Washington.