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HR 5725 115th Congress House

BEST Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to Congress a report on the extent to which Medicare Advantage plans offered under part C of the… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to Congress a report on the extent to which Medicare Advantage plans offered under part C of the Medicare program include supplemental health care benefits designed to treat or prevent substance use disorders.

Introduced: May 9, 2018 See on congress.gov
Health Congressional oversightDrug, alcohol, tobacco useGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care coverage and accessMedicare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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May 23, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 9, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
May 9, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 23, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Benefit Evaluation of Safe Treatment Act of 2018 or the BEST Act of 2018

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to report on the availability of supplemental health care benefits for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, including differences between MA plans for certain individuals with special needs and other MA plans.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
D
Ruiz, Raul
California · May 9, 2018
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 9, 2018
SHIMKUS, JOHN
· May 9, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5725: BEST Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5725/
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"H.R. 5725: BEST Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5725/.
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H.R. 5725, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5725/.
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