# 114-hr-4499: PROP Act of 2016

114-hr-4499, PROP Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2] (R-WV); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4499
- Congress: 114
- Title: PROP Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2016-02-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2] (R-WV)
- Cosponsors: 44
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Promoting Responsible Opioid Prescribing Act of 2016 or the PROP Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude certain pain-related measures for purposes of calculating incentive payments under the value-based purchasing program (VBP). (VBP is a program that links hospital payments to the quality of care provided.) Specifically, VPB measures shall not include measures based on a patient's assessment of: (1) the patient's need for pain medicine during a hospital stay; (2) how often, during the stay, the patient's pain was well controlled; or (3) how often, during the stay, hospital staff did everything they could to help manage the patient's pain.

## Cosponsors (44)

- Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] (R-KY), 2016-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2016-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] (R-VA), 2016-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2016-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1] (R-NH), 2016-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2016-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5] (R-MI), 2016-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA), 2016-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jenkins, Evan H. [R-WV-3] (R-WV), 2016-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2016-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rooney, Thomas J. [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2016-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] (R-TN), 2016-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] (R-TN), 2016-02-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dold, Robert J. [R-IL-10] (R-IL), 2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7] (R-SC), 2016-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25] (R-CA), 2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5] (R-LA), 2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] (R-OH), 2016-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2016-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2016-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2016-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2016-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Donovan, Daniel M., Jr. [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2016-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2016-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] (R-WI), 2016-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2016-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2016-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] (R-TN), 2016-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL), 2016-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] (R-PA), 2016-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] (R-IN), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2016-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6] (R-GA), 2016-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] (R-OH), 2016-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] (R-KS), 2016-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27] (R-NY), 2016-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] (R-NC), 2016-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-4499 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4499)

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