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US HR5796REACH OUT Act of 2018 Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users' Treatment Act of 2018
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Introduced
05/15/2018
05/15/2018
In Committee
05/31/2018
05/31/2018
Crossed Over
06/20/2018
06/20/2018
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018
12/31/2018
Introduced Session
115th Congress
Bill Summary
REACH OUT Act of 2018 Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users' Treatment Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to qualifying organizations in order to support efforts to curb outlier prescribers of opioids under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans. (Sec. 3) Additionally, the bill temporarily eliminates the enhanced federal matching rate for Medicaid expenditures regarding specified medical services provided by certain managed care organizations.
AI Summary
This bill, the Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users' Treatment Act of 2018 (REACH OUT Act of 2018), has two key provisions. First, it requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to qualifying organizations to support efforts to curb outlier prescribers of opioids under Medicare prescription drug plans. Second, it temporarily eliminates the enhanced federal matching rate for Medicaid expenditures regarding specified medical services provided by certain managed care organizations, unless the state meets certain minimum medical loss ratio requirements.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Business and Industry, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (6)
Brian Fitzpatrick (R)*,
Marsha Blackburn (R),
Carlos Curbelo (R),
Eliot Engel (D),
Mike Thompson (D),
Greg Walden (R),
Last Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (on 06/20/2018)
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