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                     115TH CONGRESS                                       REPT.115-746
                        2d Session   J HOUSE   OF  REPRESENTATIVES            Part 1







                                OPIOID ADDICTION ACTION PLAN 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. 5590]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The Committee   on Energy   and Commerce,   to whom   was referred
                     the bill (H.R. 5590) to require the Secretary of Health and  Human
                     Services to  provide for  an action  plan  on  recommendations for
                     changes under  Medicare  and Medicaid  to prevent opioids addictions
                     and enhance  access to medication-assisted  treatment, and  for other
                     purposes, having   considered  the same,  report  favorably  thereon
                     with an  amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do
                     pass.

                                                  CONTENTS
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                     Purpose and Sum m ary  ........................................................................................... .  3
                     Background and Need for Legislation  ....................................................................  3
                     C om m ittee  A ction  ................................................................................................... .  3
                     C om m ittee  V otes  .....................................................................................................  4
                     Oversight Findings and  Recommendations     ...........................................................  4
                     New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............     4
                     Congressional Budget Office  Estimate   ...................................................................  4
                     Federal M andates  Statem ent  .................................................................................  26
                     Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................................  26
                     Duplication of Federal Program s  ...........................................................................  26
                     Com m ittee  Cost  Estim ate  .......................................................................................  26
                     Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ...............         27
                     Disclosure of Directed  Rule  M akings  .....................................................................  27
                     Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  .............................................................................  27
                     Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  ........................................................................  27
                     Section-by-Section  Analysis of the  Legislation  .....................................................  27
                     Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................            27
                     Exchange of Letters with Additional Committees of Referral ...............         28


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