[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3925 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3925

   To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit States 
receiving Federal medical assistance for medication-assisted treatment 
under Medicaid from imposing utilization control policies or procedures 
        with respect to such treatment, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2019

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit States 
receiving Federal medical assistance for medication-assisted treatment 
under Medicaid from imposing utilization control policies or procedures 
        with respect to such treatment, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Reducing Barriers to Substance Use 
Treatment Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF UTILIZATION CONTROL POLICIES OR PROCEDURES FOR 
              MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT UNDER MEDICAID.

    Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                moving the margin of clause (xvi) 4 ems to the left; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (29), by inserting ``and to the 
                extent allowed in paragraph (3) of such subsection'' 
                after ``paragraph (1) of such subsection''; and
            (2) in subsection (ee), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(3) Prohibition of utilization control policies or 
        procedures for medication-assisted treatment.--A State which 
        receives Federal medical assistance under subsection (a)(29) 
        for expenditures for medication-assisted treatment may not 
        impose any utilization control policies or procedures (as 
        defined by the Secretary), including prior authorization 
        requirements, with respect to such treatment.''.
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