3.0.0 3015 2023-01-11T13:32:51Z 2023-01-11T13:32:51Z Senate S 2016-05-26 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-05-26T20:46:50Z John Thomas Decker Act of 2016 114 4969 HR 2016-05-12 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Opioid Abuse Crisis Act of 2016 114 5189 HR 2016-06-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 114 524 S 2016-07-22 Became Public Law No: 114-198. Related bill CRS 2016-05-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N Health Athletes Child health Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Elementary and secondary education Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Prescription drugs School athletics Health 00 2016-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2016-06-10T21:13:09Z John Thomas Decker Act of 2016

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report on the availability of information regarding prescription of opioids after youth sports injury, including information on opioid use and misuse, injury treatments that do not involve opioids, and treatment for opioid addiction. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.) The report must determine the extent this information is available to teenagers and adolescents who play youth sports, their families, youth sports groups, and health care providers.

Taking into consideration the findings of the report, HHS must develop and disseminate such information.]]> John Thomas Decker Act of 2016 Display Title John Thomas Decker Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide for informational materials to educate and prevent addiction in teenagers and adolescents who are injured playing youth sports and subsequently prescribed an opioid. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced John Thomas Decker Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3015is/xml/BILLS-114s3015is.xml 2016-05-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.