,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fijf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ah1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,vindman 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,bentz1 and ,mr4 ,rulli7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,attorney    
,general and the ,comptroller ,general  
of the ,united ,states to submit to     
,congress reports on the drug addiction 
treatment and recovery industry4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protecting ,patients from ,rehab   
,fraud ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,reports on  
the drug addiction treatment and        
recovery industry  7a7 ,,doj report ,not
 later than #a year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,attorney ,general shall submit to      
,congress a report on the drug addiction
 treatment and recovery industry4 ,such 
report shall include the following3 7#a7
 ,the prevalence of entities using      
illegal tactics to entice individuals to

 enter a rehabilitation facility4  7#b7 
,the prevalence of insurance fraud in   
plans offered through an ,exchange      
established under the ,patient          
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
relating to individuals housed in such  
facilities4  7#c7 ,the practice of      
brokers encouraging patients to commit  
insurance fraud to enroll in high-cost  
out-of-network insurance plans4  7#d7   
,the prevalence of drug use and         
trafficking within these facilities4    
7#e7 ,the practice of patient dumping1  
also known as curbing1 by which patients
 are removed from a facility and        
abandoned once their insurer no longer  
pays the facility4  7#f7 ,the prevalence
 of patients being dumped in places     
other than the original location they   
came from to attend such a facility4    
7#g7 ,any research on the prevalence of 
homelessness and relapse among          
individuals who are dumped4  7#h7       
,recommendations for ,congress to crack 
down on illegal practices and false     

dealing in the rehabilitation industry  
and protect prospective patients seeking
 rehabilitation4  7b7 ,,gao report ,not 
later than #a year after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act1 the            
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall submit to ,congress a     
report on the drug addiction treatment  
and recovery industry4 ,such report     
shall include the following3 7#a7 ,the  
actions currently being undertaken by   
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services and other ,federal actors to  
curb the type of insurance fraud        
described in subsection 7a77#b74  7#b7  
,the actions currently being undertaken 
by ,states to curb this type of         
insurance fraud4  7#c7 ,the extent and  
effectiveness of ,federal expenditures  
for rehabilitation facilities to date4  
7#d7 ,recommendations for ,congress to  
crack down on illegal practices and     
false dealing in the rehabilitation     
industry and protect prospective        
patients seeking rehabilitation4