Providing Reliable Options for Patients and Educational Resources Act of 2018 or the PROPER Act of 2018
This bill requires Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA) prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors to annually disclose information to enrollees about: (1) the risks of prolonged opioid use; and (2) the plan's coverage of nonpharmacological therapies, devices, and non-opioid medications. PDP sponsors may limit disclosure to a subset of enrollees (such as those who were prescribed an opioid in the previous two-year period).
The bill also requires Medicare medication therapy management programs and MA in-home health risk assessments to include information about the safe disposal of prescription drugs.
The bill prohibits inclusion of pain management questions in certain health care system surveys, unless the questions address the risks of opioid use and the availability of non-opioid alternatives.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-20 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate |
| 2018-06-19 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-19 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5256-5257) | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-19 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5775. | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-19 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5256-5258) | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-19 | Floor | Mr. Curbelo (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-19 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 594. | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-19 | Discharge | Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-19 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-763, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2018-06-04 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2018-05-16 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2018-05-16 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2018-05-11 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2018-05-11 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2018-05-11 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |