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S. 2861

Referred to Committee

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Medication Prescribing Improvement Act of 2016

Introduced 4/27/2016•114th Congress•Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

4/27/2016 • Senate

Summary

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Medication Prescribing Improvement Act of 2016

This bill directs the Department of Defense to: (1) review the prescribing practices at military treatment facilities of pharmaceutical agents for post-traumatic stress treatment, (2) implement a process or processes to monitor the prescribing practices at military treatment facilities of pharmaceutical agents that are discouraged from use under the VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Post-Traumatic Stress, and (3) implement a plan to address deviations from such guideline.

Introduced in Senate • 4/27/2016

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Topics & Subjects

Drug therapyGovernment studies and investigationsMilitary medicineNeurological disordersPrescription drugs

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Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]

Republican • SD

Sponsored 4/27/2016

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Originated in the Senate

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April 27, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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Introduced in Senate4/27/2016

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Current StatusReferred to Committee
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