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H.R. 5716: COMPASS Act

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H.R. 5716: COMPASS Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-05-09 · Health · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-05-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

COMPASS Act

Plain summary

Commit to Opioid Medical Prescriber Accountability and Safety for Seniors Act or the COMPASS Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to identify outlier prescribers of opioids under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans. Specifically, the CMS must: (1) establish an opioid-prescription threshold for determining whether a prescriber is an outlier compared to other prescribers, based on specialty and geographic area; (2) use National Provider Identifiers (unique provider identification numbers currently included on claims for covered drugs) to identify outlier prescribers; and (3) annually notify identified outlier prescribers of their status and provide them with resources on proper prescribing methods. The CMS may also identify and notify outlier prescribers based on co-prescriptions of covered drugs that have adverse effects when used in combination with opioids.

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment, Part I), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

COMPASS Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment, Part I)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5716, the Commit to Opioid Medical Prescriber Accountability and Safety for Seniors Act (2018-06-11)

Cosponsors on this site

John B. Larson (D-CT), Peter Welch (D-VT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5716 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115