Union Calendar No. 576
115th CONGRESS 2d Session |
[Report No. 115–742, Part I]
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand eligibility for medication therapy management programs established under part D of the Medicare program to include certain individuals who are at risk for prescription drug abuse.
May 7, 2018
Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Thompson of California, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, and Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania) 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. Walden, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Posey, and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois
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 expand eligibility for medication therapy management programs established under part D of the Medicare program to include certain individuals who are at risk for prescription drug abuse.
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 “Protecting Seniors From Opioid Abuse Act”.
SEC. 2. Expanding eligibility for medication therapy management programs under part D.
Section 1860D–4(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–104(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subclauses (I) through (III) as items (aa) through (cc), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;
(2) by striking “are part D eligible individuals who—” and inserting “are the following:
“(I) Part D eligible individuals who—”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
Union Calendar No. 576 | |||||
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[Report No. 115–742, Part I] | |||||
A BILL | |||||
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand eligibility for medication therapy
management programs established under part D of the Medicare program to
include certain individuals who are at risk for prescription drug abuse. | |||||
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 |