S 2861
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Military medicine
Neurological disorders
Prescription drugs
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Medication Prescribing Improvement Act of 2016
Introduced: April 27, 2016
Introduced by:
Rounds, Mike
Republican
· South Dakota
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To President
Became law
Apr 27, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 27, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Medication Prescribing Improvement Act of 2016
This bill directs the Department of Defense to: (1) review the prescribing practices at military treatment facilities of pharmaceutical agents for post-traumatic stress treatment, (2) implement a process or processes to monitor the prescribing practices at military treatment facilities of pharmaceutical agents that are discouraged from use under the VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Post-Traumatic Stress, and (3) implement a plan to address deviations from such guideline.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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