3.0.0 1448 2022-02-09T03:57:09Z 2022-02-09T07:47:03Z Senate S 2019-05-14 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-14T19:10:23Z Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act 116 2734 HR 2019-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2019-05-14 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-05-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2019-05-14 True M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2019-05-14 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-05-15 False Crime and Law Enforcement Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Government information and archives Health information and medical records Health personnel Medical education Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Prescription drugs Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2019-05-14 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-30T15:01:54Z Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act

This bill establishes a new registration requirement for a practitioner (other than a hospital, pharmacy, or veterinarian) who is licensed to dispense or conduct research with a controlled substance in schedules II, III, IV, or V of the Controlled Substances Act.

Specifically, the practitioner must comply with a training requirement as a condition of obtaining or renewing their registration. The training must include information on best practices for pain management and responsible prescribing of pain medications.

]]> Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act Display Title Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require certain practitioners authorized to prescribe controlled substances to complete continuing education. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1448is/xml/BILLS-116s1448is.xml 2019-05-14 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.