Reducing Barriers to Substance Use Treatment Act

Bill: 116-hr-3925
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2019-07-23
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Health care coverage and access

Medicaid

Prescription drugs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Reducing Barriers to Substance Use Treatment Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits state Medicaid programs from imposing any utilization control policies, including prior authorization requirements, with respect to medication-assisted treatment for opioid-use disorders.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3925 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2019 Mr. Tonko (for himself and Mr. McKinley ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit States receiving Federal medical assistance for medication-assisted treatment under Medicaid from imposing utilization control policies or procedures with respect to such treatment, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reducing Barriers to Substance Use Treatment Act . 2. Prohibition of utilization control policies or procedures for medication-assisted treatment under Medicaid Section 1905 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by moving the margin of clause (xvi) 4 ems to the left; and (B) in paragraph (29), by inserting and to the extent allowed in paragraph (3) of such subsection after paragraph (1) of such subsection ; and (2) in subsection (ee), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Prohibition of utilization control policies or procedures for medication-assisted treatment A State which receives Federal medical assistance under subsection (a)(29) for expenditures for medication-assisted treatment may not impose any utilization control policies or procedures (as defined by the Secretary), including prior authorization requirements, with respect to such treatment. .