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HR 5809 115th Congress House

Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage the use of non-opioid analgesics for the management of post-surgical pain under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 15, 2018 Introduced by: Peters, Scott H. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Health Drug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHome and outpatient careHospital careMedicare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 586.
Jun 13, 2018
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Jun 13, 2018
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-753, Part I.
May 31, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 17, 2018
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 17.
May 17, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 15, 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 15, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 13, 2018

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 586.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018

This bill temporarily increases payment under Medicare for certain non-opioid analgesics that are used for pain management in hospital outpatient department services.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · May 25, 2018
WALDEN, GREG
· May 25, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5809: Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5809/
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"H.R. 5809: Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5809/.
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H.R. 5809, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5809/.
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