United States 117th Congress Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 1 R · 1 D cosponsors

HR 8908 — Fighting Stimulant and other Substance Use Disorders Act

Last action — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 117th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Fighting Stimulant and other Substance Use Disorders Act This bill directs the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a review on whether to establish a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for evidence-based contingency management incentives and the parameters for such a safe harbor.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill adds a requirement for the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to review a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for certain contingency management interventions.

  • 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7d(a)

    (3) Review of safe harbor for certain contingency management interventions.-- (A) In general.--Pursuant to the final rule titled `Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to Safe Harbors Under the Anti-Kickback Statute, and Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Regarding Beneficiary Inducements' and published in the Federal Register on December 2, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 77684), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall conduct a review on whether to establish a safe harbor described in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) for evidence-based contingency management incentives and the parameters for such a safe harbor. In conducting the review under the previous sentence, the Secretary shall consider the extent to which providing such a safe harbor for evidence-based contingency management incentives may result in any of the factors described in paragraph (2). (i) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary and the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress recommendations, including based on the review conducted under subparagraph (A), for improving access to evidence-based contingency management interventions while ensuring quality of care, ensuring fidelity to evidence-based practices, and including strong program integrity safeguards that prevent increased waste, fraud, and abuse and prevent medically unnecessary or inappropriate items or services reimbursed in whole or in part by a Federal health care program.

    This change establishes a new requirement for a review process related to safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute specifically for certain contingency management interventions.

Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  4. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  5. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 8908 do?
Fighting Stimulant and other Substance Use Disorders Act This bill directs the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a review on whether to establish a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for evidence-based contingency management incentives and the parameters for such a safe harbor.
Who sponsors HR 8908?
HR 8908 is sponsored by Panetta, Jimmy (Democratic) and Estes, Ron (Republican).
What is the current status of HR 8908?
This bill died with 117th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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