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HR 5769 115th Congress House

Expanding Access to Treatment Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access under the Medicare program to addiction treatment in Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.

Introduced: May 10, 2018 See on congress.gov
Health Drug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesDrug, alcohol, tobacco useHealth facilities and institutions
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May 30, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 10, 2018
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.
May 10, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 30, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 6 Related bill SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
  • HR 6110 Related bill Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management, Treatment, and Recovery Act of 2018
  • HR 5776 Related bill MOST Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 10, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5769: Expanding Access to Treatment Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5769/
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"H.R. 5769: Expanding Access to Treatment Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5769/.
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H.R. 5769, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5769/.
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