[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5685 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5685

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide educational 
   resources regarding opioid use and pain management as part of the 
                        Medicare & You handbook.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2018

   Mr. Faso (for himself, Mr. Renacci, and Mr. Welch) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
 and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 provide educational 
   resources regarding opioid use and pain management as part of the 
                        Medicare & You handbook.

    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 ``Medicare Opioid Safety Education Act 
of 2018''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF INFORMATION REGARDING OPIOID USE AND PAIN 
              MANAGEMENT AS PART OF MEDICARE & YOU HANDBOOK.

    (a) In General.--Section 1804 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395b-2) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) The notice provided under subsection (a) shall include--
            ``(1) educational resources, compiled by the Secretary, 
        regarding opioid use and pain management; and
            ``(2) a description of alternative, non-opioid pain 
        management treatments covered under this title.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to notices distributed prior to each Medicare open enrollment 
period beginning after January 1, 2019.
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