,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ehj  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#eeij  ,report ,no4 #aae-gdf1 ,part ,i  
,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of                 
,,representatives  ,april #bd1 #bjah    
,mr4 ,kinzinger 7for himself1 ,ms4      
,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,la,hood1   
and ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1  
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,june #ab1         
#bjah;,additional sponsors3 ,mrs4       
,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,walden1 and ,mr4      
,mitchell  ,june #ab1 #bjah ,reported   
from the ,committee on ,energy and      
,commerce with an amendment ,strike out 
all after the enacting clause and insert
 the part printed in italic  ,june #ab1 
#bjah,the ,committee on ,ways and ,means

 discharged2 committed to the ,committee
 of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of  
the ,union and ordered to be printed,for
 text of introduced bill1 see copy of   
bill as introduced on ,april #bd1 #bjah 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,health and ,human ,services to provide
 for an action plan on recommendations  
for changes under ,medicare and         
,medicaid to prevent opioids addictions 
and enhance access to                   
medication-assisted treatment1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,opioid        
,addiction ,action ,plan ,act4  #b4     
,action plan on recommendations for     
changes under ,medicare and ,medicaid to
 prevent opioids addictions and enhance 
access to medication-assisted treatment 
7a7 ,in general ,not later than ,january
 #a1 #bjai1 the ,secretary of ,health   
and ,human ,services 7in this section   
referred to as the ,secretary71 in      
collaboration with the ,pain ,management
 ,best ,practices ,inter-,agency ,task  

,force convened under section #aja7;b7  
of the ,comprehensive ,addiction and    
,recovery ,act of #bjaf 7,public ,law   
#aad-aih71 shall develop an action plan 
that provides recommendations described 
in subsection 7b74  7b7 ,action plan    
components ,recommendations described in
 this subsection are1 based on an       
examination by the ,secretary of        
potential obstacles to an effective     
response to the opioid crisis1          
recommendations1 as determined          
appropriate by the ,secretary1 on the   
following3  7#a7 ,recommendations on    
changes to the ,medicare program under  
title ,,xviii of the ,social ,security  
,act and the ,medicaid program under    
title ,,xix of such ,act that would     
enhance coverage and payment under such 
programs of all medication-assisted     
treatment approved by the ,food and     
,drug ,administration for the treatment 
of opioid addiction and other therapies 
that manage chronic and acute pain and  
treat and minimize risk of opioid       

addiction1 including recommendations on 
changes to the ,medicare prospective    
payment system for hospital inpatient   
department services under section       
#ahhf7;d7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acieww7d77 and the ,medicare           
prospective payment system for hospital 
outpatient department services under    
section #ahcc7t7 of such ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #aciel7t77 that would allow   
for separate payment for such therapies1
 if medically appropriate and if        
necessary to encourage development and  
adoption of such therapies4  7#b7       
,recommendations for payment and service
 delivery models to be tested by the    
,center for ,medicare and ,medicaid     
,innovation and other federally         
authorized demonstration projects1      
including value-based models1 that may  
encourage the use of appropriate        
medication-assisted treatment approved  
by the ,food and ,drug ,administration  
for the treatment of opioid addiction   
and other therapies that manage chronic 

and acute pain and treat and minimize   
risk of opioid addiction4  7#c7         
,recommendations for data collection    
that could facilitate research and      
policy making regarding prevention of   
opioid addiction and coverage and       
payment under the ,medicare and         
,medicaid programs of appropriate opioid
 addiction treatments4  7#d7            
,recommendations for policies under the 
,medicare program and under the         
,medicaid program that can expand access
 for rural1 or medically underserved    
communities to the full range of        
medication-assisted treatment approved  
by the ,food and ,drug ,administration  
for the treatment of opioid addiction   
and other therapies that manage chronic 
and acute pain and treatment and        
minimize risk of opioid addiction4  7#e7
 ,recommendations on changes to the     
,medicare program and the ,medicaid     
program to address coverage or payment  
barriers to patient access to medical   
devices that are non-opioid based       

treatments approved by the ,food and    
,drug ,administration for the management
 of acute pain and chronic pain1 for    
monitoring substance use withdrawal and 
preventing overdoses of controlled      
substances1 and for treating substance  
use disorder4  7c7 ,stakeholder meetings
  7#a7 ,in general ,beginning not later 
than #c months after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall convene a public stakeholder      
meeting to solicit public comment on the
 components of the action plan          
recommendations described in subsection 
7b74  7#b7 ,participants ,participants  
of meetings described in paragraph 7#a7 
shall include representatives from the  
,food and ,drug ,administration and     
,national ,institutes of ,health1       
biopharmaceutical industry members1     
medical researchers1 health care        
providers1 the medical device industry1 
the ,medicare program1 the ,medicaid    
program1 and patient advocates4  7d7    
,request for information ,not later than

 #c months after the date of the        
enactment of this section1 the          
,secretary shall issue a request for    
information seeking public feedback     
regarding ways in which the ,centers for
 ,medicare  ,medicaid ,services can help
 address the opioid crisis through the  
development of and application of the   
action plan4  7e7 ,report to ,congress  
,not later than ,june #a1 #bjai1 the    
,secretary shall submit to ,congress1   
and make public1 a report that          
includes--  7#a7 a summary of           
recommendations that have emerged under 
the action plan2  7#b7 the ,secretary's 
planned next steps with respect to the  
action plan2 and  7#c7 an evaluation of 
price trends for drugs used to reverse  
opioid overdoses 7such as naloxone71    
including recommendations on ways to    
lower such prices for consumers4  7f7   
,definition of ,medication-,assisted    
treatment ,in this section1 the term    
medication-assisted treatment includes  
opioid treatment programs1 behavioral   

therapy1 and medications to treat       
substance abuse disorder4  ,june #ab1   
#bjah ,reported from the ,committee on  
,energy and ,commerce with an           
amendment,june #ab1 #bjah,the ,committee
 on ,ways and ,means discharged2        
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed