Medicare Beneficiary Opioid Addiction Treatment Act

Bill: 115-s-2704
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2018-04-18
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Child health

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Department of Health and Human Services

Domestic violence and child abuse

Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Drug therapy

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Family services

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Health information and medical records

Health personnel

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Licensing and registrations

Medical research

Medicare

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Postal service

Prescription drugs

Research administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-04-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Medicare Beneficiary Opioid Addiction Treatment Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides for Medicare coverage and payment of methadone (a medication used to treat opioid-use disorder).</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2704 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 18, 2018 Mr. Casey (for himself and Mr. Portman ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of methadone under Medicare part B.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Beneficiary Opioid Addiction Treatment Act . 2. Coverage of methadone under Medicare part B (a) Coverage Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2) ) is amended— (1) by striking and at the end of subparagraph (FF); (2) by adding and at the end of subparagraph (GG); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (GG) the following new subparagraph: (HH) methadone, if furnished or dispensed (including by prescription) on or after January 1, 2019, to an individual for the purpose of maintenance or detoxification treatment by a physician or other practitioner who has in effect a registration or waiver under section 303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 823(g) ) to dispense methadone for such purpose; . (b) Payment (1) In connection with physician and supplier service Section 1842(o)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395u(o)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (H) In the case of methadone (as described in section 1861(s)(2)(HH)), the amount provided under section 1847A for such drug. . (2) Covered OPD service Section 1833(t)(1)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(1)(B)(iii) ) is amended by inserting and methadone described in paragraph (2)(HH) of such section after section 1861(s) . (c) Budget neutrality The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall implement the amendments made by this section in a manner such that— (1) estimated expenditures under the physician fee schedule under section 1848 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4 ) with application of such amendments are equal to estimated expenditures under such schedule without application of such amendments; and (2) estimated expenditures under the prospective payment system under section 1833(t) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t) ) with application of such amendments are equal to estimated expenditures under such system without application of such amendments.