[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4328]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 370. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. ___. TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS 
                   OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PRESCRIBING 
                   OPIOIDS FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN.

       (a) Training.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
     health care professionals of the Department of Defense, other 
     than pharmacists, who are authorized to prescribe or 
     otherwise dispense opioids for the treatment of pain--
       (A) complete the training described in paragraph (2) not 
     less frequently than once every three years; or
       (B) are licensed in a State that requires training that is 
     equivalent to or greater than the training described in 
     paragraph (2) with respect to the prescribing or dispensing 
     of opioids for the treatment of pain.
       (2) Training described.--
       (A) In general.--The training described in this paragraph 
     is not fewer than 12 hours of training (through classroom 
     situations, seminars at professional society meetings, 
     electronic communications, or otherwise) that is provided by 
     organizations specified in subparagraph (B) with respect to--
       (i) pain management treatment guidelines and best 
     practices;
       (ii) early detection of opioid addiction; and
       (iii) the treatment and management of opioid-dependent 
     patients.
       (B) Organizations specified.--The organizations specified 
     in this subparagraph are the following:
       (i) The American Society of Addiction Medicine.
       (ii) The American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.
       (iii) The American Medical Association.
       (iv) The American Osteopathic Association.
       (v) The American Psychiatric Association.
       (vi) The American Academy of Pain Management.
       (vii) The American Pain Society.
       (viii) The American Academy of Pain Medicine.
       (ix) The American Board of Pain Medicine.
       (x) The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.
       (xi) Such other organizations as the Secretary of Defense 
     determines appropriate for purposes of this subsection.
       (b) Establishment of Training Modules.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish 
     or support the establishment of one or more training modules 
     to be used to provide the training required under subsection 
     (a).
       (2) Support for organizations.--The Secretary may support 
     the establishment of a training module under paragraph (1) 
     by--
       (A) an organization specified in paragraph (2)(B) of 
     subsection (a); or
       (B) any other organization that the Secretary determines is 
     appropriate to provide the training required under such 
     subsection.
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