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H.R. 5775: PROPER Act of 2018

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H.R. 5775: PROPER Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-05-11 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-05-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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

PROPER Act of 2018

Plain summary

Providing Reliable Options for Patients and Educational Resources Act of 2018 or the PROPER Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) 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). (Sec. 3) 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. (Sec. 4) 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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

PROPER Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5775, Providing Reliable Options for Patients and Educational Resources Act of 2018 (2018-06-07)

Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5775 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115