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116th Congress(2019-2020)
Reducing Barriers to Substance Use Treatment Act
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H. R. 3925 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3925


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.

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Reducing Barriers to Substance Use Treatment Act”.

SEC. 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.”.