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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 3136 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the requirement |
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| 6 | 6 | | for State Medicaid plans to provide coverage for medication-assisted |
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| 7 | 7 | | treatment. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | OCTOBER26, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. H |
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| 11 | 11 | | ASSAN(for herself and Mrs. BLACKBURN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend |
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| 15 | 15 | | the requirement for State Medicaid plans to provide cov- |
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| 16 | 16 | | erage for medication-assisted treatment. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Extending Access to 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Addiction Treatment Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | •S 3136 IS |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. EXTENDING REQUIREMENT FOR STATE MEDICAID 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | PLANS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR MEDICA-2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | TION-ASSISTED TREATMENT. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) I |
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| 28 | 28 | | NGENERAL.—Section 1905 of the Social Secu-4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended— 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) in subsection (a)(29), by striking ‘‘for the 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | period beginning October 1, 2020, and ending Sep-7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | tember 30, 2025,’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on Oc-8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | tober 1, 2020,’’; and 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) in subsection (ee)(2), by striking ‘‘for the 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | period specified in such paragraph, if before the be-11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ginning of such period the State certifies to the sat-12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | isfaction of the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘if such 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | State certifies, not less than every 5 years and to the 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | satisfaction of the Secretary,’’. 15 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) C |
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| 41 | 41 | | ONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 1006(b)(4)(A) of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention 17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Pa-18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | tients and Communities Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | amended by striking ‘‘, and before October 1, 2025’’. 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Æ |
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