I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4969 
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 Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Cen-
ters 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘John Thomas Decker 
Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. INFORMATION MATERIALS AND RESOURCES TO 
PREVENT ADDICTION RELATED TO YOUTH 
SPORTS INJURIES. 
Part J of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280b–1f et seq.) is amended by adding after 
section 393D (42 U.S.C. 280b–1f et seq.) the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 393E. INFORMATION MATERIALS AND RESOURCES TO 
PREVENT ADDICTION RELATED TO YOUTH 
SPORTS INJURIES. 
‘‘(a) REPORT.—The Secretary, acting through the 
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall— 
‘‘(1) not later than 18 months after the date of 
the enactment of this section, make publicly avail-
able a report determining the extent to which infor-
mational materials and resources described in sub-
section (b) are available to teenagers and adolescents 
who play youth sports, families of such teenagers 
and adolescents, nurses, youth sports groups, and 
relevant health care provider groups; and 
‘‘(2) for purposes of educating and preventing 
addiction in teenagers and adolescents who are in-
jured playing youth sports and are subsequently pre-
scribed an opioid, not later than 12 months after 
such report is made publicly available and taking 
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into consideration the findings of such report, de-
velop and, in coordination with youth sports groups, 
disseminate informational materials and resources 
described in subsection (b) for teenagers and adoles-
cents who play youth sports, families of such teen-
agers and adolescents, nurses, youth sports groups, 
and relevant health care provider groups. 
‘‘(b) MATERIALS AND RESOURCES DESCRIBED.—For 
purposes of this section, the informational materials and 
resources described in this subsection are informational 
materials and resources with respect to youth sports inju-
ries for which opioids are potentially prescribed and subse-
quently potentially lead to addiction, including materials 
and resources focused on the dangers of opioid use and 
misuse, treatment options for such injuries that do not 
involve the use of opioids, and how to seek treatment for 
addiction. 
‘‘(c) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional funds 
are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car-
rying out this section. This section shall be carried out 
using amounts otherwise available for such purpose.’’. 
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