,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ehf  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#ehji  ,report ,no4 #aae-gec1 ,part ,i  
,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of                 
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjah ,mr4 
,peters 7for himself and ,mr4 ,bucshon7 
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 #ac1         
#bjah;,additional sponsors3 ,ms4 ,eshoo1
 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 and ,mr4 ,walden     
,june #ac1 #bjah ,reported from the     
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce     
,june #ac1 #bjah ,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  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title     
,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act to

 encourage the use of non-opioid        
analgesics for the management of        
post-surgical pain under the ,medicare  
program1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,postoperative ,opioid ,prevention  
,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,medicare incentives
 for use of non-opioid analgesics in    
hospital outpatient departments and     
ambulatory surgical centers ,section    
#ahcc7t77#f7 of the ,social ,security   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciel7t77#f77 is   
amended--  7#a7 in subparagraph 7,c77i71
 by inserting or1 in the case of an     
eligible non-opioid analgesic 7as       
defined in subparagraph 7,j771 during a 
period of #e years1 after #c years12 and
  7#b7 by adding at the end the         
following new subparagraph3  7,j7       
,eligible non-opioid analgesic defined  
,in this paragraph1 the term eligible   
non-opioid analgesic means a drug or    
biological--  7i7 that is an analgesic  
that is not an opioid2  7ii7 that       
demonstrated substantial clinical       

improvement2 and  7iii7 for which       
payment-- 7,i7 as an outpatient hospital
 service under this part was not being  
made as of the date of the enactment of 
this subparagraph2 or  7,,ii7 was being 
made under this paragraph as of such    
date4  4  ,june #ac1 #bjah ,reported    
from the ,committee on ,energy and      
,commerce,june #ac1 #bjah;,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