United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5725 (115th)
BEST Act
Introduced
9 May 2018
Last action
23 May 2018 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15], Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
11 August 2025
Summary
Benefit Evaluation of Safe Treatment Act of 2018 or the BEST Act of 2018 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to report on the availability of supplemental health care benefits for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, including differences between MA plans for certain individuals with special needs and other MA plans.
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Timeline
9 May 2018
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
9 May 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 May 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
23 May 2018
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 9 May 2018 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] · D · Sponsor
- · hswm00 · Standing
- · hsif00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5725
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5725
- us · 115-hr-5725 · source updated 11 August 2025