US HB3889 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on November 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Drug Enforcement Administration, as a condition of granting or renewing the registration of a covered practitioner to dispense, or conduct research with, controlled substances in schedule II, III, IV, or V, to require such practitioner to complete training that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determines meets the requirements of this bill. It defines a "covered practitioner" as a practitioner that is not a hospital, pharmacy, or veterinarian. It requires such training to expose covered practitioners to: best practices for pain management, including alternatives to prescribing controlled substances; responsible prescribing of pain medications; methods for diagnosing, treating, and managing a substance use disorder, including evidence-based nonpharmacological therapies; ways of linking patients to evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders; and tools to manage adherence and diversion of controlled substances. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration must establish or support the establishment of at least one free, online training module that meets such requirements to be provided to any covered practitioner registered or applying for registration. The bill requires HHS: (1) to establish, maintain, and periodically update a publicly available database providing information on such training modules; and (2) within five years after enactment of this bill, to evaluate and make publicly available a report describing how exposure to training required by this bill has changed prescribing patterns of controlled substances.
Title
Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act
Sponsors
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-12-04 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
2015-11-03 | House | Referred to House Judiciary |
2015-11-03 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
2015-11-03 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. |
2015-11-03 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB1392 (Same As) 2015-05-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Crime and law enforcement
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3889/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3889/BILLS-114hr3889ih.pdf |