US Congress Senate Bill 2819 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on May 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-05-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on opioid prescribing rates of physicians of the Veterans Health Administration and to conduct pain management training for those physicians with the highest rates of opioid prescribing. This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to: (1) report at least annually to each Veterans Health Administration physician on his or her opioid prescribing rates, and (2) provide physicians who were among the highest opioid prescribers each fiscal year with pain management training.

A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on opioid prescribing rates of physicians of the Veterans Health Administration and to conduct pain management training for those physicians with the highest rates of opioid prescribing.

Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-05-10	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB5829 (Related) 2018-05-15 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2819/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2819/BILLS-115s2819is.pdf