S 2567
114th Congress
Senate
Health
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Prescription drugs
Preventing Overprescribing for Pain Act of 2016
Introduced: February 23, 2016
Introduced by:
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 23, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 23, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Preventing Overprescribing for Pain Act of 2016
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue guidelines for the safe prescribing of opioids for the treatment of acute pain. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as certain pain medications.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1