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[H.R. 4982 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 434
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4982

                          [Report No. 114-560]

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate and 
      report on the in-patient and outpatient treatment capacity, 
             availability, and needs of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2016

Mr. Foster (for himself and Mr. Pallone) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

                              May 10, 2016

 Additional sponsors: Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Kilmer, and 
                               Mr. Turner

                              May 10, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               18, 2016]


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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate and 
      report on the in-patient and outpatient treatment capacity, 
             availability, and needs of the United States.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Examining Opioid Treatment 
Infrastructure Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON TREATMENT INFRASTRUCTURE.

    Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall initiate an 
evaluation, and submit to Congress a report, of the inpatient and 
outpatient treatment capacity, availability, and needs of the United 
States, which shall include, to the extent data are available--
            (1) the capacity of acute residential or inpatient 
        detoxification programs;
            (2) the capacity of inpatient clinical stabilization 
        programs, transitional residential support services, and 
        residential rehabilitation programs;
            (3) the capacity of demographic specific residential or 
        inpatient treatment programs, such as those designed for 
        pregnant women or adolescents;
            (4) geographical differences of the availability of 
        residential and outpatient treatment and recovery options for 
        substance use disorders across the continuum of care;
            (5) the availability of residential and outpatient 
        treatment programs that offer treatment options based on 
        reliable scientific evidence of efficacy for the treatment of 
        substance use disorders, including the use of Food and Drug 
        Administration-approved medicines and evidence-based 
        nonpharmacological therapies;
            (6) the number of patients in residential and specialty 
        outpatient treatment services for substance use disorders;
            (7) an assessment of the need for residential and 
        outpatient treatment for substance use disorders across the 
        continuum of care;
            (8) the availability of residential and outpatient 
        treatment programs to American Indians and Alaska Natives 
        through an Indian health program (as defined by section 4 of 
        the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603)); and
            (9) the barriers (including technological barriers) at the 
        Federal, State, and local levels to real-time reporting of de-
        identified information on drug overdoses and ways to overcome 
        such barriers.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 434

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4982

                          [Report No. 114-560]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to evaluate and 
      report on the in-patient and outpatient treatment capacity, 
             availability, and needs of the United States.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 10, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed