[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 581 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 581

   To include information concerning a patient's opioid addiction in 
                        certain medical records.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 8, 2017

    Mr. Manchin (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mrs. 
  Feinstein) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To include information concerning a patient's opioid addiction in 
                        certain medical records.

    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 ``Jessie's Law''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF OPIOID ADDICTION HISTORY IN PATIENT RECORDS.

    (a) Development of Standards.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall develop and disseminate standards to provide information to 
hospitals and physicians relating to prominently displaying the history 
of opioid addiction in the medical records (including electronic health 
records) of any patient who has provided information about such 
addiction to a health care provider.
    (b) Requirements.--The standards developed under subsection (a) 
shall take into account the following:
            (1) The potential for addiction relapse or overdose death 
        if opioid medications are prescribed to an individual 
        recovering from opioid addiction.
            (2) The need to display the past opioid addiction of a 
        patient in a manner similar to other potentially lethal medical 
        concerns, including drug allergies and contraindications.
            (3) The need for information about past opioid addiction to 
        be prominently displayed when a physician or medical 
        professional is prescribing medication.
            (4) The need for a variety of medical professionals, 
        including physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, to have access 
        to information described in this section when prescribing or 
        dispensing opioid medication to ensure that the medication is 
        medically appropriate given the history of addiction of the 
        patient.
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