H.R. 5715: Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-05-09 · Health · Latest: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-737, Part I.

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Where it came from: introduced 2018-05-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-737, Part I. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act

Plain summary

Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a secure online portal to allow: (1) data sharing among the CMS, Medicare prescription drug benefit plans, and Medicare Advantage (MA) plans; and (2) referrals by such plans of substantiated fraud, waste, or abuse in order to initiate or assist investigations by contracted entities under the Medicare Integrity Program. The CMS must disseminate and report certain collected information to such plans, including information regarding providers that were referred through the portal and trends in identifying suspicious activity. Additionally, for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, MA organizations must submit information to the CMS regarding investigations or other actions taken by MA plans against providers that prescribe high volumes of opioids (as determined by the CMS).

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Official text

Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16] · 9 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5715, Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act (2018-06-11)

Cosponsors on this site

Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr5715.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5715 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115