Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5723
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2018-05-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: 

Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to report to Congress on: (1) how Medicare pays for opioid and non-opioid pain management treatments in inpatient and outpatient hospital settings; (2) current incentives for prescribing opioid and non-opioid treatments under Medicare inpatient and outpatient prospective payment systems, along with recommendations to address any identified adverse incentives; and (3) how opioid use is currently tracked and monitored through Medicare and any areas for improvement.

action_date: 2018-06-19
text: 

Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act of 2018

 
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to report to Congress on: (1) how Medicare pays for opioid and non-opioid pain management treatments in inpatient and outpatient hospital settings; (2) current incentives for prescribing opioid and non-opioid treatments under Medicare inpatient and outpatient prospective payment systems, along with recommendations to address any identified adverse incentives; and (3) how opioid use is currently tracked and monitored through Medicare and any areas for improvement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5264)
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5264)
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5723.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5264-5265)
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Mr. Roskam moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 592.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-760, Part I.
action_date: 2018-06-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-760, Part I.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Introduced in House