S 2451
115th Congress
Senate
Health
Protection from Overprescribing Act
Introduced: February 26, 2018
Introduced by:
Cassidy, Bill
Republican
· Louisiana
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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 26, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 26, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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