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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 [HB-5515]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 This bill authorizes FY2019 appropriations and sets forth policies regarding the military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD), military construction, and the national security programs of the Department of Energy (DOE). It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) Procurement, including helicopters, combat vehicles, weapons, aircraft, shipbuilding and conversion, and missiles; (2)
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Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2018 [S.2317]
Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2018 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise the qualifications required for a practitioner to administer, dispense, or prescribe narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment in an office-based opioid treatment program. It increases the maximum patient limit for a qualifying practitioner who meets certain requirements. The maximum patient limit is the maximum number of patients a qualifying practitioner can treat at one time. The bill expands qualifying practitioners to
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Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act [S.2260]
Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act This bill establishes and provides funds for the Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support pain-related research, including: understanding pain, therapies for chronic pain, and alternatives to opioids for pain treatment as directed in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016; improving options and evidence for medication-assisted treatment and opioid overdose reversal treatments; and supporting the Federal Pain Research Strategy. NIH must establish the
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Competitive DRUGS Act of 2017 Competitive Deals Resulting in Unleashed Generics and Savings Act of 2017 [HB-4117]
Competitive DRUGS Act of 2017 Competitive Deals Resulting in Unleashed Generics and Savings Act of 2017
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Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 [HB-4841]
Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 This bill requires Medicare's electronic-prescription program to provide for the secure electronic transmittal of a prior authorization request from a Medicare enrollee's prescribing health-care professional with respect to a drug covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
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Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2018 [HB-5472]
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2018
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John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 VA MISSION Act of 2018 [S.2372]
John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 VA MISSION Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide outer burial receptacles for veterans' remains buried in a national cemetery administered by the National Park Service. (An outer burial receptacle is a container, such as a grave liner or a burial vault, that protects a casket in the ground and prevents the grave from sinking.) Interior may provide reimbursement
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Respond NOW Act Respond to the Needs in the Opioid War Act [HB-4938]
Respond NOW Act Respond to the Needs in the Opioid War Act
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Safe Disposal of Unused Medication Act [HB-5041]
Safe Disposal of Unused Medication Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow a hospice employee to handle lawfully dispensed controlled substances of a deceased hospice patient to assist with disposal of the controlled substances, so long as such disposal occurs onsite in accordance with applicable law.
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Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 Dialysis Patient Access To Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists, Treatment, and Services Demonstration Act of 2017 [HB-4143]
Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 Dialysis Patient Access To Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists, Treatment, and Services Demonstration Act of 2017 This bill establishes a demonstration program for the provision of integrated care to Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Under the voluntary program, eligible participating providers may form organizations to offer ESRD integrated care models and serve as medical homes for program-eligible beneficiaries. Such a model: (1) shall cover medical and hospital services,
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Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Opioid Treatment for Seniors Act of 2018 [HB-5083]
Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Opioid Treatment for Seniors Act of 2018 This bill extends Medicare coverage to opioid-use disorder treatment services and programs.
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COMBAT Act of 2018 Comprehensive Opioid Management and Bundled Addiction Treatment Act of 2018 [HB-5080]
COMBAT Act of 2018 Comprehensive Opioid Management and Bundled Addiction Treatment Act of 2018 This bill provides for coverage and payment of specified opioid-treatment program services under the Medicare program.
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Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act [S.2460]
Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act This bill generally requires, with specified exceptions, electronic prescribing under the Medicare prescription drug benefit with respect to covered drugs that are controlled substances.
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Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act [S.2554]
Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act
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Opioid Immediate Suspension Order Act of 2017 [HB-4073]
Opioid Immediate Suspension Order Act of 2017 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the provision that defines the phrase "imminent danger to the public health and safety." Under current law, the Drug Enforcement Administration may immediately suspend the registration of a controlled substances manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser to prevent imminent danger to the public health and safety.
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Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act [HB-3832]
Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act (Sec. 2) This bill permits any Department of Veterans Affairs licensed health care provider or provider delegate accessing data on behalf of such provider to query and receive data from the national network of state-based prescription drug monitoring programs to support the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances to patients who: (1) receive a prescription for a controlled substance, and (2) are not receiving palliative care or enrolled in hospice care. Health care providers or delegates shall
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Targeted Opioid Funding Act [S.2125]
Targeted Opioid Funding Act This bill amends the 21st Century Cures Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in awarding grants to address the opioid crisis, to give preference to states with high mortality rates associated with opioid use disorders. This preference is in addition to the existing preference given to states with a high prevalence of opioid use disorders. Grants must be at least $5 million.
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CARA 2.0 Act of 2018 [S.2456]
CARA 2.0 Act of 2018
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Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018 [HB-5247]
Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018
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CARA 2.0 Act of 2018 [HB-5311]
CARA 2.0 Act of 2018