Union Calendar No. 575
115th CONGRESS 2d Session |
[Report No. 115–741, Part I]
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require prescription drug plans under Medicare part D to include information on the adverse effects of opioid overutilization and of coverage of nonpharmacological therapies and nonopioid medications or devices used to treat pain.
May 7, 2018
Mr. Paulsen (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Collins of New York, and Mr. Lamb) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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
June 12, 2018
Additional sponsors: Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Walden
June 12, 2018
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce
June 12, 2018
The Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require prescription drug plans under Medicare part D to include information on the adverse effects of opioid overutilization and of coverage of nonpharmacological therapies and nonopioid medications or devices used to treat pain.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Medicare Clear Health Options in Care for Enrollees Act of 2018” or the “Medicare CHOICE Act of 2018”.
SEC. 2. Requiring Medicare part D prescription drug plans to include information on adverse effects relating to opioids and coverage of nonpharmacological therapies and nonopioid medications or devices used to treat pain.
Section 1860D–4(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–104(a)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “, subject to subparagraph (C),” before “including”;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the following new clause:
“(vi) For plan year 2021 and each subsequent plan year, subject to subparagraph (C), with respect to the treatment of pain—
“(I) the adverse effects of prolonged opioid use; and
“(II) coverage of nonpharmacological therapies, devices, and nonopioid medications—
“(aa) in the case of an MA-PD plan under part C, under such plan; and
“(bb) in the case of a prescription drug plan under such plan and under parts A and B.”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(C) TARGETED PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—A PDP sponsor of a prescription drug plan may, in lieu of disclosing the information described in subparagraph (B)(vi) to each enrollee under the plan, disclose such information through mail or electronic communications to a subset of enrollees under the plan, such as enrollees who have been prescribed an opioid in the previous two-year period.”.
Union Calendar No. 575 | |||||
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[Report No. 115–741, Part I] | |||||
A BILL | |||||
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require prescription drug plans under Medicare
part D to include information on the adverse effects of opioid
overutilization and of coverage of nonpharmacological therapies and
nonopioid medications or devices used to treat pain. | |||||
June 12, 2018 | |||||
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce | |||||
June 12, 2018 | |||||
The Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to
be printed |