[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4075 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4075

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to require certain training as a 
  condition of registration to prescribe or dispense opioids for the 
     treatment of pain or pain management, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2017

     Mr. Norcross (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Kuster of New 
Hampshire, and Mr. MacArthur) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
    the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to require certain training as a 
  condition of registration to prescribe or dispense opioids for the 
     treatment of pain or pain management, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improve Addiction Education Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. PRACTITIONER EDUCATION ON ADDICTION MANAGEMENT.

    Section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(f)) 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively;
            (2) by striking ``(f) The Attorney General'' and inserting 
        ``(f)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Attorney General''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2)(A) To be registered under paragraph (1) to prescribe or 
otherwise dispense a controlled substance in schedule II or III for the 
treatment of pain, or pain management, a practitioner (other than a 
hospital, a pharmacy, or a veterinarian) shall complete education or 
training on pain management that conforms to the regulations 
promulgated under subparagraph (B).
    ``(B)(i) Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of the 
Improve Addiction Education Act of 2017, the Administrator of the 
Health Resources and Services Administration shall promulgate final 
regulations on the education or training required by subparagraph (A).
    ``(ii) Such regulations shall address--
            ``(I) the content of education or training required by this 
        paragraph; and
            ``(II) the process for the certification of education or 
        training as meeting the requirements of this paragraph.
    ``(iii) To meet the requirements of this paragraph, education or 
training shall--
            ``(I) be not fewer than 12 hours;
            ``(II) consist of education or training on pain management 
        through classroom situations, seminars at professional society 
        meetings, electronic communications, or otherwise; and
            ``(III) include education or training on safe-prescribing 
        for opioid-addicted patients, detection and diversion of 
        addicted patients, and safe prescribing for pain.
    ``(C) The Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration shall--
            ``(i) disseminate information about the education or 
        training required by subparagraph (A), and the regulations 
        promulgated under subparagraph (B), to eligible providers of 
        such education and training, including schools of medicine;
            ``(ii) post such information on the public website of the 
        Department of Health and Human Services; and
            ``(iii) develop an online program of education or training 
        on pain management that conforms to the regulations promulgated 
        under subparagraph (B), offer such education or training to 
        practitioners seeking to register or maintain their 
        registration under paragraph (1), and issue certificates to 
        practitioners who successfully complete the education or 
        training.
    ``(D) To carry out this paragraph, there is authorized to be 
appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2027.
    ``(E) Subparagraph (A) shall--
            ``(i) apply beginning on the day that is 45 months after 
        the date of enactment of the Improve Addiction Education Act of 
        2017; and
            ``(ii) cease to apply at the end of fiscal year 2027.''.
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