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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2063 

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to require certain training as a 

condition of registration to prescribe or dispense opioids for the treatment 

of pain or pain management, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2017 

Mr. SCHNEIDER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 

the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to require certain 

training as a condition of registration to prescribe or 

dispense opioids for the treatment of pain or pain management, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Opioid Preventing 

5 Abuse through Continuing Education Act of 2017’’ or the 

6 ‘‘Opioid PACE Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PRACTITIONER EDUCATION. 

2 (a) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(f) of the Con4 trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(f)) is amend5 ed— 

6 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

7 through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), 

8 respectively; 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘(f) The Attorney General’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘(f)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), 

11 the Attorney General’’; and 

12 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(2)(A) To be registered under paragraph (1) to pre14 scribe or otherwise dispense opioids for the treatment of 

15 pain, or pain management, a practitioner (other than a 

16 hospital, a pharmacy, a pharmacist, or a veterinarian) 

17 shall comply with the 12-hour training requirement of this 

18 paragraph at least once during each 3-year period. 

19 ‘‘(B) The training requirement of this paragraph is 

20 that the practitioner has completed not less than 12 hours 

21 of training (through classroom situations, seminars at pro22 fessional society meetings, electronic communications, or 

23 otherwise) with respect to— 

24 ‘‘(i) pain management treatment guidelines and 

25 best practices, 

26 ‘‘(ii) early detection of opioid addiction, and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the treatment and management of opioid2 dependent patients, 

3 that is provided by the American Society of Addiction 

4 Medicine, the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, 

5 the American Medical Association, the American Osteo6 pathic Association, the American Psychiatric Association, 

7 the American Academy of Pain Management, the Amer8 ican Pain Society, the American Academy of Pain Medi9 cine, the American Board of Pain Medicine, the American 

10 Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, or any other or11 ganization that the Secretary determines is appropriate 

12 for purposes of this paragraph.’’. 

13 (2) FUNDING.—The Drug Enforcement Admin14 istration shall fund the enforcement of the require15 ments specified in section 303(f)(2) of the Con16 trolled Substances Act (as added by paragraph (1)) 

17 through the use of a portion of the licensing fees 

18 paid by controlled substance prescribers under the 

19 Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). 

20 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAINING MODULES.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

22 Human Services shall establish or support the estab23 lishment of one or more training modules to be used 

24 to meet the training requirement under section 


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1 303(f)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act (as 

2 added by subsection (a)(1)). 

3 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re4 ceive support under paragraph (1), an entity shall 

5 be— 

6 (A) one of the organizations listed in sub7 paragraph (B) of section 303(f)(2) of the Con8 trolled Substances Act (as added by subsection 

9 (a)(1)); or 

10 (B) any other organization that the Sec11 retary determines is appropriate to provide 

12 training under such section 303(f)(2). 

13 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 

14 carry out this subsection, there is authorized to be 

15 appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

16 2018 through 2022. 

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