HR 5769 · 115th Congress · Health

Expanding Access to Treatment Act

Introduced 2018-05-10· Sponsored by Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2018-05-30)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Expanding Access to Treatment Act This bill requires payment under Medicare to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics that have health care practitioners who are newly certified to provide medication-assisted treatment. Specifically, a federally qualified health center or rural health clinic may receive payment for each health care practitioner who becomes certified on or after January 1, 2019, to prescribe or dispense methadone, buprenorphine, or suboxone (medications used to treat opioid-use disorders). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must set payments based on training costs for practitioner certification.…

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Democrat