[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3354. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mrs. Capito) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 524, to 
authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national 
epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. OPIOID PRESCRIPTION GUIDELINES.

       Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
     through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, shall issue guidelines for the safe prescribing 
     of opioids for the treatment of acute pain.
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