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H. Rept. 115-739,Part 1 1 (2018-06-12)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxairt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEDr U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 115TH CONGRESS REPT. 115-739 2d Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 OPIOID SCREENING AND CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES FOR SENIORS ACT JUNE 12, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WALDEN, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 5798] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 5798) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require a review of current opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and screening for opioid use disorder to be included in the Welcome to Medicare initial preventive physical examination, having consid- ered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. CONTENTS Page Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... . 2 Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 2 C om m ittee A ction ................................................................................................... . 2 C om m ittee V otes ..................................................................................................... 3 Oversight Findings and Recommendations ........................................................... 3 New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 3 Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 3 Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 25 Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 25 Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 25 Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 25 Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ............... 26 Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 26 Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 26 Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 26 Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ..................................................... 26 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ................. 26 Exchange of Letters with Additional Committees of Referral ............... 87 79-006