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1 Opioid Legislation, as Ordered Reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 9 and May 17, 2018 1 (June 6, 2018)

handle is hein.congrec/opidleg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE June 6, 2018 Opioid Legislation As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 9 and May 17, 2018 SUMMARY On May 9 and May 17, 2018, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce ordered 59 bills to be reported related to the nation's response to the opioid epidemic. Generally, the bills would: * Provide grants to facilities and providers that treat people with substance use disorders, * Direct various agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to explore nonopioid approaches to treating pain and to educate providers about those alternatives, * Modify requirements under Medicaid and Medicare for prescribing controlled substances, * Expand Medicaid coverage for substance abuse treatment, and * Direct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to modify its oversight of opioid drugs and other medications that are used to manage pain. Because of the large number of related bills ordered reported by the Committee, CBO is publishing a single comprehensive document that includes estimates for each piece of legislation. CBO estimates that enacting 20 of the bills would affect direct spending, and 2 of the bills would affect revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply for those bills. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4998, the Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act, would increase net direct spending by more than $2.5 billion and on-budget deficits by more than $5 billion in at least one of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning

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