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Union Calendar No. 432 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4969 

[Report No. 114–558] 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention to provide for informational materials to educate 

and prevent addiction in teenagers and adolescents who are injured 

playing youth sports and subsequently prescribed an opioid. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2016 

Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Mr. KIND, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, and Mr. 

VEASEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

MAY 10, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. JOYCE, 

Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. 

CHABOT, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. PAULSEN, and Ms. MCSALLY

MAY 10, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 15, 2016] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide for 

informational materials to educate and prevent addiction 

in teenagers and adolescents who are injured playing 

youth sports and subsequently prescribed an opioid. 


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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 ‘‘John Thomas Decker 

5 Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INFORMATION MATERIALS AND RESOURCES TO 

7 PREVENT ADDICTION RELATED TO YOUTH 

8 SPORTS INJURIES. 

9 (a) TECHNICAL CLARIFICATION.—Effective as if in10 cluded in the enactment of the Children’s Health Act of 

11 2000 (Public Law 106–310), section 3405(a) of such Act 

12 (114 Stat. 1221) is amended by striking ‘‘Part E of title 

13 III’’ and inserting ‘‘Part E of title III of the Public Health 

14 Service Act’’. 

15 (b) AMENDMENT.—Title III of the Public Health Serv16 ice Act is amended by inserting after part D of such title 

17 (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) the following new part E: 

18 ‘‘PART E—OPIOID USE DISORDER 

19 ‘‘SEC. 341. INFORMATION MATERIALS AND RESOURCES TO 

20 PREVENT ADDICTION RELATED TO YOUTH 

21 SPORTS INJURIES. 

22 ‘‘(a) REPORT.—The Secretary shall— 

23 ‘‘(1) not later than 24 months after the date of 

24 the enactment of this section, make publicly available 

25 a report determining the extent to which informaVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 May 11, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H4969.RH H4969

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1 tional materials and resources described in subsection 

2 (b) are available to teenagers and adolescents who 

3 play youth sports, families of such teenagers and ado4 lescents, nurses, youth sports groups, and relevant 

5 health care provider groups; and 

6 ‘‘(2) for purposes of educating and preventing 

7 addiction in teenagers and adolescents who are in8 jured playing youth sports and are subsequently pre9 scribed an opioid, not later than 12 months after such 

10 report is made publicly available and taking into 

11 consideration the findings of such report, develop and, 

12 in coordination with youth sports groups, disseminate 

13 informational materials and resources described in 

14 subsection (b) for teenagers and adolescents who play 

15 youth sports, families of such teenagers and adoles16 cents, nurses, youth sports groups, and relevant health 

17 care provider groups. 

18 ‘‘(b) MATERIALS AND RESOURCES DESCRIBED.—For 

19 purposes of this section, the informational materials and 

20 resources described in this subsection are informational ma21 terials and resources with respect to youth sports injuries 

22 for which opioids are potentially prescribed and subse23 quently potentially lead to addiction, including materials 

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1 use, treatment options for such injuries that do not involve 

2 the use of opioids, and how to seek treatment for addiction. 

3 ‘‘(c) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional funds 

4 are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car5 rying out this section. This section shall be carried out 

6 using amounts otherwise available for such purpose.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 432 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4969 

[Report No. 114–558] 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct 

subsequently prescribed an opioid. cents who are injured playing youth sports and and prevent addiction in teenagers and adolesto provide for informational materials to educate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

MAY 10, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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