# 115-hr-5769: Expanding Access to Treatment Act

115-hr-5769, Expanding Access to Treatment Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12] (R-PA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5769
- Congress: 115
- Title: Expanding Access to Treatment Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2018-05-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Expanding Access to Treatment Act This bill requires payment under Medicare to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics that have health care practitioners who are newly certified to provide medication-assisted treatment. Specifically, a federally qualified health center or rural health clinic may receive payment for each health care practitioner who becomes certified on or after January 1, 2019, to prescribe or dispense methadone, buprenorphine, or suboxone (medications used to treat opioid-use disorders). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must set payments based on training costs for practitioner certification.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2018-05-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6110: Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management, Treatment, and Recovery Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-4582: Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2017
- 115-hr-4392: To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Repor…
- 115-hr-4265: Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017
- 115-hr-3770: Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act of 2017

## Sources
- [115-hr-5769 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5769)

## Related
- [115-hr-6110: Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management, Treatment, and Recovery Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6110)
- [115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5499)
- [115-hr-4582: Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4582)
- [115-hr-4392: To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Pros…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4392)
- [115-hr-4265: Sugar Policy Modernization Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4265)
- [115-hr-3770: Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3770)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5769 (as of 2025-11-18).