3.0.0 993 2023-01-11T13:34:54Z 2023-01-11T13:34:54Z House HR 2017-02-09 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 23 (Thursday, February 9, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FOSTER:H.R. 993.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of theUnited States Constitution.[Page H1100]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-10T17:43:03Z Referred to 2017-02-09T19:31:20Z 2017-02-10 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2017-02-09 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2017-02-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-02-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000454 Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] Bill Foster D IL 11 N S001193 Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] Eric Swalwell D CA 15 2017-02-09 True M001185 Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] Sean Maloney D NY Patrick 18 2017-02-09 True B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2017-05-22 False K000391 Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] Raja Krishnamoorthi D IL 8 2017-11-16 False Health Congressional oversight Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Education programs funding Emergency medical services and trauma care Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Medical education Medical ethics Medical tests and diagnostic methods Prescription drugs Solid waste and recycling Health 00 2017-02-09 Introduced in House 2017-03-03T16:25:33Z Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2017

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states to develop a peer review process to identify and investigate questionable or inappropriate prescribing and dispensing patterns of drugs classified as schedule II or III under the Controlled Substances Act, which are drugs with an accepted medical use that have the potential to be abused and addictive.

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require HHS to establish grant programs to: (1) facilitate training to increase the capacity of health care providers to screen and treat patients to prevent drug abuse, and (2) develop continuing education criteria that allow health profession boards or state agencies to certify appropriate education for safe prescribing of schedule II or III drugs. The Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to evaluate the prospect of state health professions boards expanding the authority of providers to prescribe drugs to treat drug abuse.

The Drug Enforcement Administration must request that practitioners registered to dispense controlled substances screen patients for potential drug abuse before prescribing a schedule II or III drug.

The Food and Drug Administration must consider whether naloxone (a prescription drug used to rapidly reverse an overdose of heroin or other opioids, which are drugs with effects similar to opium) should be available without a prescription.

HHS must convene or coordinate with an interagency working group to encourage states and local governments to increase opportunities for disposal of opiates (drugs derived from opium) and to reduce opportunities for abuse of opiates.

The Government Accountability Office must review federal opioid abuse activities and make recommendations to reduce opioid abuse and overdoses.]]> Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2017 Display Title Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To reduce opioid misuse and abuse. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr993ih/xml/BILLS-115hr993ih.xml 2017-02-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.