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S 2451 115th Congress Senate Health

Protection from Overprescribing Act

Introduced: February 26, 2018 Introduced by: Cassidy, Bill Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 26, 2018
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Protection from Overprescribing Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to consider when awarding a grant to a state to support the state's prescription drug monitoring program whether the state's program provides reports to law enforcement agencies, licensing boards, and other agencies describing any prescribers who repeatedly fall outside of expected norms or standard practices.

What's happening now February 26, 2018

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

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2451: Protection from Overprescribing Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2451/
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"S. 2451: Protection from Overprescribing Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2451/.
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S. 2451, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2451/.
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[S. 2451: Protection from Overprescribing Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2451/)
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