[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2707 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2707

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 18, 2018

Mr. Nelson (for himself and Mr. Heller) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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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 ``Informing Seniors about Opioids 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 
educational resources, compiled by the Secretary, regarding opioid use, 
pain management, and alternative pain management treatments.''.
    (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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