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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
Calendar No. 484
115TH CONGRESS S REPORT
2d Session SENATE 115-284
HELPING TO END ADDICTION AND LESSEN (HEAL)
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS ACT OF 2018
JUNE 25, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on Finance,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 3120]
The Committee on Finance, having considered an original bill (S.
3120) to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to
help end addictions and lessen substance abuse disorders, and for
other purposes, reports favorably thereon without amendment and
recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND ..................................................................... 1
II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL ...................................................................... 3
A. Amend Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act To Help
End Addictions and Lessen Substance Use Disorders, and for
O ther Purposes .................................................................................. . 3
III. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL ............................................................... 26
IV. VOTES OF THE COM M ITTEE ...................................................................... 26
V. REGULATORY IMPACT AND OTHER MATTERS ..................................... 26
VI. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED 27
I. LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND
The Committee on Finance, having considered S. 3120, a bill to
amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to help end
addictions and lessen substance abuse disorders, and for other pur-
poses, reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do
pass.
Background and need for legislative action
Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance
coverage for individuals aged 65 and older, certain individuals
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