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                      JUNE 13, 2018 
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             RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 115-75 
             
      TEXT OF H.R. 6082, OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND 
                 PATIENT SAFETY ACT  
                 
      [Showing the text of H.R. 6082, as introduced]  
      
      
1  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  

2       This Act may be cited as the ''Overdose Prevention  

3  and Patient Safety Act''.  

4  SEC. 2. CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS  

5              RELATING TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.  

6       (a) CONFORMING  CHANGES  RELATING  TO  SUB- 

7  STANCE USE DISORDER.--Subsections (a) and (h) of sec- 

8  tion 543 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.  

9  290dd-2) are each amended by striking ''substance  

10  abuse'' and inserting ''substance use disorder''.  

11       (b) DISCLOSURES  TO  COVERED  ENTITIES  CON- 

12  SISTENT WITH HIPAA.--Paragraph (2) of section 543(b)  

13  of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd-2(b))  

14  is amended by adding at the end the following:  

15            ''(D) To a covered entity or to a program  

16       or activity described in subsection (a), for the  

17       purposes of treatment, payment, and health  

18       care operations, so long as such disclosure is  


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