3.0.0 2819 2023-01-11T13:42:31Z 2023-01-11T13:42:31Z Senate S 2018-05-10 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-10T15:48:09Z VA Opioid Prescribing Rates Accountability Act 115 5829 HR 2018-05-15 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2018-05-10 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-05-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Drug trafficking and controlled substances Employee performance Government information and archives Health information and medical records Health personnel Medical education Prescription drugs Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-05-10 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-22T19:12:36Z This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to: (1) report at least annually to each Veterans Health Administration physician on his or her opioid prescribing rates, and (2) provide physicians who were among the highest opioid prescribers each fiscal year with pain management training.

]]> A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on opioid prescribing rates of physicians of the Veterans Health Administration and to conduct pain management training for those physicians with the highest rates of opioid prescribing. Display Title A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on opioid prescribing rates of physicians of the Veterans Health Administration and to conduct pain management training for those physicians with the highest rates of opioid prescribing. Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on opioid prescribing rates of physicians of the Veterans Health Administration and to conduct pain management training for those physicians with the highest rates of opioid prescribing. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2819is/xml/BILLS-115s2819is.xml 2018-05-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.