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Preventing Overprescribing for Pain Act of 2016

Introduced: February 23, 2016 Introduced by: Gillibrand, Kirsten E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Feb 23, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 23, 2016
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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 February 23, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Feb 23, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2567: Preventing Overprescribing for Pain Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2567/
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"S. 2567: Preventing Overprescribing for Pain Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2567/.
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S. 2567, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2567/.
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