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Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2016
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 27, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 442.
Apr 27, 2016
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Mar 16, 2016
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Nov 5, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7819-7820)
Nov 5, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide information to certain prescribers on best practices for prescribing naloxone for patients receiving chronic opioid therapy or being treated for opioid use disorders. (Naloxone is a prescription drug used to rapidly reverse an overdose of opioids, which are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.) The information must be provided to prescribers in federally qualified health centers and the health care facilities of the Indian Health Service.
The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs must provide such information to prescribers in their medical facilities.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 442.
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