Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Reduce Overprescribing Opioids in Treatment Act of 2018” or the “ROOT Act of 2018”.
Reduce Overprescribing Opioids in Treatment Act of 2018
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise certain measures used under the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey relating to pain management.
Sec. 2 Revising measures used under the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey relating to pain management
Section 1886(b)(3)(B)(viii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(B)(viii)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subclause:
“(XII) With respect to the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey (or a successor survey), beginning not later than January 1, 2020, such survey may not include questions about communication by hospital staff with an individual about such individual’s pain unless such questions take into account, as applicable, whether an individual experiencing pain was informed about risks associated with the use of opioids and about non-opioid alternatives for the treatment of pain.”