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115TH CONGRESS                                    [ REPT. 115-715
   2d Session     HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES        I    Part 1







   MEDICARE OPIOID SAFETY EDUCATION ACT OF 2018



                  JUNE 8, 2018.-Ordered to be printed



   Mr. WALDEN, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
                     submitted the following


                         REPORT

                       [To accompany H.R. 5685]

          [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

  The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 5685) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act
to provide educational resources regarding opioid use and pain
management as part of the Medicare & You handbook, having con-
sidered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and
recommend that the bill do pass.

                            CONTENTS
                                                               Page
Purpose and  Sum m ary  ...........................................................................................  1
Background and  Need  for  Legislation  ...................................................................  2
C om m ittee  A ction  ...................................................................................................  2
C om m ittee  V otes  ......................................................................................................  2
Oversight Findings and  Recommendations     ..........................................................  3
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............     3
Congressional Budget Office  Estimate   ...................................................................  3
Federal M andates  Statem ent  .................................................................................  21
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................................  21
Duplication  of Federal Program s  ............................................................................  22
Com m ittee  Cost  Estim ate  .......................................................................................  22
Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits .............................  22
Disclosure  of Directed  Rule  M akings  .....................................................................  22
Advisory  Com m ittee  Statem ent  ..............................................................................  22
Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  ........................................................................  22
Section-by-Section  Analysis of the  Legislation  ......................................................  22
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .....................................  23

                      PURPOSE AND SUMMARY

  H.R. 5685, Medicare Opioid Safety Education Act, was intro-
duced on May 7, 2018, by Rep. John Faso (R-NY), Rep. Peter
Welch (D-VT), and Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH) to direct the Centers
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