US Congress House Bill 5796 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Engrossed on June 20 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-06-20 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

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.

REACH OUT Act of 2018 Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users' Treatment Act of 2018

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]
Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-06-20	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2018-06-19	House	The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
2018-06-19	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2018-06-19	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5237)
2018-06-19	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5796.
2018-06-19	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5237-5239)
2018-06-19	House	Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2018-06-12	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 564.
2018-06-12	House	Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
2018-06-12	House	Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-729, Part I.
2018-05-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2018-05-17	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2018-05-17	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2018-05-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-05-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-05-15	House	Introduced in House

HB6 (Related) 2018-10-24 - Became Public Law No: 115-271.
HB5797 (Related) 2018-06-21 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HR1099 (Similar To) 2018-09-28 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5796/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5796/BILLS-115hr5796ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5796/BILLS-115hr5796rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5796/BILLS-115hr5796eh.pdf