[Congressional Bills 115th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2911 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2911 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide guidance to States regarding Medicaid items and services for non-opioid pain treatment and management. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 22, 2018 Mr. Heller (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Thune, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Nelson) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide guidance to States regarding Medicaid items and services for non-opioid pain treatment and management. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing Patient Access to Non- Opioid Treatment Options''. SEC. 2. GUIDANCE TO STATES REGARDING MEDICAID ITEMS AND SERVICES FOR NON-OPIOID PAIN TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT. Not later than January 1, 2019, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall issue 1 or more final guidance documents, or update existing guidance documents, to States regarding mandatory and optional items and services that may be provided under a State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), or under a waiver of such a plan, for non-opioid treatment and management of pain, including, but not limited to, evidence-based non-opioid pharmacological therapies and non-pharmacological therapies. <all>