H.R. 5477 · 115th Congress
Rural Development of Opioid Capacity Services Act
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Tom O’Halleran
- Introduced
- 2018-04-11
- Latest action
- 2018-06-12 · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-731.
Summary
Rural Development of Opioid Capacity Services Act or the Rural DOCS Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to provide an enhanced federal matching rate for state Medicaid expenditures related to the expansion of substance-use treatment and recovery services.
The CMS must select 10 states for inclusion under the demonstration project, giving preference to states that have a prevalence of substance-use disorders (in particular, opioid-use disorders) comparable to or higher than the national average.