,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #biaa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bb1 #bjah
 ,mr4 ,heller 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,casey1
 ,mr4 ,thune1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mr4      
,cornyn1 and ,mr4 ,nelson7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the    
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services to provide guidance to ,states
 regarding ,medicaid items and services 
for non-opioid pain treatment and       
management4  #a4 ,short title  ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,enhancing     
,patient ,access to ,non-,opioid        
,treatment ,options4  #b4 ,guidance to  
,states regarding ,medicaid items and   
services for non-opioid pain treatment  
and management ,not later than ,january 
#a1 #bjai1 the ,secretary of ,health and
 ,human ,services1 acting through the   
,administrator of the ,centers for      
,medicare  ,medicaid ,services1 shall   
issue #a or more final guidance         

documents1 or update existing guidance  
documents1 to ,states regarding         
mandatory and optional items and        
services that may be provided under a   
,state plan under title ,,xix of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acif et seq471 or under a waiver of    
such a plan1 for non-opioid treatment   
and management of pain1 including1 but  
not limited to1 evidence-based          
non-opioid pharmacological therapies and
 non-pharmacological therapies4