About the bill
H.R. 5774 requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to: (1) publish guidance for hospitals on pain management and opioid-use disorder prevention strategies for Medicare beneficiaries, (2) convene a technical expert panel to recommend opioid and opioid-use disorder quality measures for possible use in value-based payment and reporting models under Medicare; and (3) publish and periodically update all guidance issued since January 1, 2016 related to the prescription of opioids for Medicare beneficiaries.
Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to: (1) convene a technical expert panel to recommend ways to reduce opioid use in surgical settings and best practices for pain management, specifically during the perioperative (pre-operative through post-operative) period; and (2) report on diagnosis-related group codes that have the highest volume of surgeries …
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was incorporated into:
9 Cosponsors (5 Republicans, 4 Democrats)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“U.S. House Passes Buchanan Opioid Bill”
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Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL16]
(Co-sponsor)
on Jun 20, 2018
“House Passes DelBene Bills to Address Opioid Crisis”
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Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA1]
(Co-sponsor)
on Jun 22, 2018
“Cramer: house pushes for opioid reform”
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Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
on Jun 20, 2018
History
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May 11, 2018
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Introduced
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May 16, 2018
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Ordered Reported
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Jun 19, 2018
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Passed House (Senate next)
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Jun 19, 2018
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Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means
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Jun 22, 2018
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Final Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
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Sep 17, 2018
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
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Oct 3, 2018
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Final Bill —
Senate Agreed to Changes
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Oct 24, 2018
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Final Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
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H.R. 5774 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 5774. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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