H.R. 4641
Referred to CommitteeTo provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
5/12/2016 • Senate
Summary
(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to convene a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force to: (1) review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication; and (2) examine and identify the need for, development of, and availability of medical alternatives to opioids (drugs with effects similar to opium, such as certain pain medications).
The task force must submit a report that includes: (1) the modified and updated best practices; (2) a strategy for disseminating the best practices; (3) the feasibility of linking the best practices to Drug Enforcement Administration registration of manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers of controlled substances; (4) recommendations for effectively applying the best practices at medical facilities; and (5) recommendations regarding medical alternatives to opioids.Passed House amended • 5/11/2016
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Originated in the House
Introduced
February 26, 2016
Committee Review
April 20, 2016
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Floor Debate
May 11, 2016
Passed Chamber
May 11, 2016
Other Chamber
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Committee Reports (1)
Related Bills (2)
S. 524
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
H.Res. 720
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4641) to provide for the establishment of an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5046) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to assist State and local governments in addressing the national epidemic of opioid abuse, and for other purposes.