3.0.0 2256 2023-01-11T13:31:28Z 2023-01-11T13:31:28Z Senate S 2015-11-05 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2016-04-27T18:39:29Z Markup by 2016-03-16T14:08:34Z Referred to 2015-11-05T23:08:03Z Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 114 524 S 2016-07-22 Became Public Law No: 114-198. Related bill CRS Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2016 114 4841 HR 2016-04-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2016-04-27 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 442. Calendars 2016-04-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2016-04-27 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee 2016-03-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2015-11-05 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7819-7820) IntroReferral 2015-11-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. N C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2015-11-05 True Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Defense Department of Health and Human Services Department of Veterans Affairs Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Medical education Military medicine Prescription drugs State and local government operations Veterans' medical care Health 00 2015-11-05 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-08T15:30:44Z Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2015

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) establish training guidelines for federal health care facilities and federally qualified health centers; and (2) train certain health care providers at federal health care facilities on best practices for prescribing pain medications, principles of pain management, the misuse potential of controlled substances, identification of potential substance use disorders and referral to further evaluation and treatment, and disposal of controlled substances.

HHS, the VA, and DOD must establish, for certain health care facilities, guidelines for the prescription of naloxone to individuals at an elevated risk of overdose. (Naloxone is a prescription drug used to rapidly reverse an overdose of opioids, which are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.)

HHS must award grants to state departments of health for the development and application of guidelines for the prescription of opioid overdose reversal drugs and to increase access to naloxone. Grants may be used to:

  • establish a program for purchasing, prescribing, and distributing opioid overdose reversal drugs;
  • expand innovative models of naloxone distribution;
  • train and provide resources to health care providers and pharmacists on prescribing opioid overdose reversal drugs;
  • offset individuals' cost-sharing for opioid overdose reversal drugs;
  • conduct community outreach to raise awareness of the availability of opioid overdose reversal drugs; and
  • establish protocols to connect patients who have experienced a drug overdose with treatment.
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(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide information to certain prescribers on best practices for prescribing naloxone for patients receiving chronic opioid therapy or being treated for opioid use disorders. (Naloxone is a prescription drug used to rapidly reverse an overdose of opioids, which are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.) The information must be provided to prescribers in federally qualified health centers and the health care facilities of the Indian Health Service.

The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs must provide such information to prescribers in their medical facilities.]]> Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2016 Display Title Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish programs for health care provider training in Federal health care and medical facilities, to establish Federal co-prescribing guidelines, to establish a grant program with respect to naloxone, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2015 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2016 S Senate Reported to Senate 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2256rs/xml/BILLS-114s2256rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2256is/xml/BILLS-114s2256is.xml 2016-04-27 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 442. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.