,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #i1 #bjaf  
,mr4 ,mooney of ,west ,virginia 7for    
himself1 ,mr4 ,rogers of ,kentucky1 ,ms4
 ,kuster1 ,mrs4 ,comstock1 ,mr4 ,ryan of
 ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,guinta1 and ,mr4 ,lynch7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title     
,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act to
 remove consideration of certain        
pain-related issues from calculations   
under the ,medicare hospital value-based
 purchasing program1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,promoting          
,responsible ,opioid ,prescribing ,act  
of #bjaf and as the ,,prop ,act of      
#bjaf4  #b4 ,removing consideration of  
certain pain-related issues from        
calculations under the ,medicare        
hospital value-based purchasing program 
,section #ahhf7o77#b77;,b7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   

#acieww7o77#b77;,b77 is amended--  7#a7 
in clause 7i77,,ii71 by inserting 1     
subject to clause 7iii71 after shall2   
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following new clause3  7iii7 ,exclusion 
of certain pain-related measures ,for   
value-based incentive payments made with
 respect to discharges occurring during 
fiscal year #bjaf or a subsequent fiscal
 year1 the ,secretary shall ensure that 
measures selected under subparagraph    
7,a7 do not include measures based on   
any assessments by patients1 with       
respect to hospital stays of such       
patients1 of--  7,i7 the need of such   
patients1 during such stay1 for medicine
 for pain2  7,,ii7 how often1 during    
such stay1 the pain of such patients was
 well controlled2 or  7,,iii7 how often1
 during such stay1 the staff of the     
hospital in which such stay occurred did
 everything they could to help the      
patient with the pain experienced by the
 patient4  4