[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5684 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5684

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand eligibility 
for medication therapy management programs established under part D of 
the Medicare program to include certain individuals who are at risk for 
                        prescription drug abuse.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2018

  Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Thompson of California, 
   Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, and Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
   Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand eligibility 
for medication therapy management programs established under part D of 
the Medicare program to include certain individuals who are at risk for 
                        prescription drug abuse.

    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 ``Protecting Seniors From Opioid Abuse 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT 
              PROGRAMS UNDER PART D.

    Section 1860D-4(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w-104(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subclauses (I) through (III) as items 
        (aa) through (cc), respectively, and adjusting the margins 
        accordingly;
            (2) by striking ``are part D eligible individuals who--'' 
        and inserting ``are the following:
                                    ``(I) Part D eligible individuals 
                                who--''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
                                    ``(II) Beginning January 1, 2021, 
                                at-risk beneficiaries for prescription 
                                drug abuse (as defined in paragraph 
                                (5)(C)).''.
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