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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-724
OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND PATIENT SAFETY 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
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 5795]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 5795) to amend the Public Health Service Act to pro-
tect the confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an
amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Summary .................................... .............. 4
Background and Need for Legislation ...................................... 5
Committee Action .......................................... ............ 7
Committee Votes ....................................................... 8
Oversight Findings and Recommendations ................................. 11
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 11
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ..................................... 11
Federal Mandates Statement .................... ....................... 33
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .....................33
Duplication of Federal Programs.........................................33
Committee Cost Estimate...............................................33
Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ..................34
Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings ......................................34
Advisory Committee Statement..........................................34
Applicability to Legislative Branch.......................................34
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ..............................34
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ......................36
Dissenting Views...................................................... 40
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