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HR 5774 115th Congress House

COACH Act of 2018

Official title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop guidance on pain management and opioid use disorder prevention for hospitals receiving payment… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop guidance on pain management and opioid use disorder prevention for hospitals receiving payment under part A of the Medicare program, provide for opioid quality measures development, and provide for a technical expert panel on reducing surgical setting opioid use and data collection on perioperative opioid use, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 11, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 20, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 19, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5254-5256)
Jun 19, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 19, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5254-5255)
Jun 19, 2018
Mrs. Walorski moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 19, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 593.
Jun 19, 2018
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Jun 19, 2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-762, Part I.
Jun 19, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5254-5256)
Jun 19, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5774.
May 31, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 16, 2018
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 16, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 11, 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 11, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 20, 2018

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018 or the COACH Act of 2018

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish guidance for hospitals on pain management and opioid-use disorder prevention strategies for Medicare beneficiaries.

(Sec. 3) The CMS must also convene a technical expert panel to recommend opioid and opioid-use disorder quality measures for possible use in hospital payment and reporting models under Medicare.

(Sec. 4) The Department of Health and Human Services must: (1) convene a technical expert panel to recommend ways to reduce opioid use in surgical settings and best practices for pain management, specifically during the perioperative (pre-operative through post-operative) period; and (2) report on diagnosis-related group codes that have the highest volume of surgeries and the availability of associated data regarding post-operative opioid use, including prescription patterns and rates of consumption.

(Sec. 5) The CMS must also publish and periodically update all guidance issued since January 1, 2016, related to the prescription of opioids for Medicare beneficiaries.

 Related & companion bills 5
  • HR 5699 Related bill HOST Act of 2018
  • HR 5718 Related bill PRO Act
  • HR 5777 Related bill COG Act of 2018
  • HR 5779 Related bill Promoting Quality of Care in Pain Management Act of 2018
  • HR 6 Related bill SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2 Republican 2
R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Jun 19, 2018
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Jun 19, 2018
Paulsen, Erik
· Jun 19, 2018
JOHNSON, SAM
· Jun 8, 2018
Comstock, Barbara
· May 21, 2018
 R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · May 11, 2018
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · May 11, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5774: COACH Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5774/
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H.R. 5774, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5774/.
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