education and training guidelines for such 
pharmacists; 
‘‘(iii) the continuing education guide-
lines that all prescribers shall comply with 
in order to meet Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration certification and re-certifi-
cation requirements, as set forth in section 
303(g)(3) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 823(g)(3)), which should in-
clude a minimum of 16 training hours at 
least every 3 years that include the inte-
gration of both addiction and pain man-
agement curricula; and 
‘‘(iv) patient education guidelines for 
both opioid treatment programs and pain 
management, including recommendations 
for patient counseling prior to and during 
opioid addiction treatment or treatment for 
pain. 
‘‘(B) UPDATING
OF
GUIDELINES.—Not 
later than 1 year after the publication of guide-
lines under subparagraph (A), and at least an-
nually thereafter, the Commission shall update 
the guidelines published under clauses (iii) and 
(iv) of such subparagraph. 
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‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In developing and pub-
lishing the guidelines under this section, the Com-
mission shall consult with relevant professional orga-
nizations with expertise in the area of addiction, rel-
evant professional organizations with expertise in the 
area of pain management, physician groups, phar-
macy groups (including the National Association of 
Boards of Pharmacy), patient representatives, and 
any other organization that the Secretary determines 
is appropriate for purposes of this section. 
‘‘(c) WEBSITE.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall 
establish and operate a Commission website. 
‘‘(d) METHADONE TOOLKIT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Commis-
sion shall establish, and distribute to practitioners that are 
registered to prescribe or otherwise dispense methadone, 
a methadone toolkit. The Commission shall make the com-
ponents of the toolkit that are available in electronic form 
available on the Commission website. 
‘‘(e) PRACTITIONER EDUCATION PROGRAM.—The 
Commission shall develop a practitioner education pro-
gram that shall be used for the practitioner education de-
scribed in section 303(g)(3) of the Controlled Substances 
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Act, and shall make such program available to providers 
of such practitioner education. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2018.’’. 
SEC. 8. PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM. 
Section 399O of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280g–3) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing prescribers of methadone)’’ after ‘‘dispensers’’; 
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) Subject to the requirements of section 543, 
the State shall, at the request of a Federal, State, 
or local officer whose duties include enforcing laws 
relating to drugs, provide to such officer information 
from the database relating to an individual who is 
the subject of an active drug-related investigation 
conducted by the officer’s employing government en-
tity.’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (n) and inserting the 
following: 
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‘‘(n) APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 
SEC. 9. MORTALITY REPORTING. 
Part A of title V of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.), as amended by section 7, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 506E. MORTALITY REPORTING. 
‘‘(a) MODEL OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAM MOR-
TALITY REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 
2014, the Secretary, acting through the Adminis-
trator, shall require that a Model Opioid Treatment 
Program Mortality Report be completed and sub-
mitted to the Administrator for each individual who 
dies while receiving treatment in an opioid treatment 
program. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT OF STATES THAT RECEIVE 
FUNDING FOR THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MONI-
TORING
PROGRAM.—As a condition for receiving 
funds under section 399O, each State shall require 
that any individual who signs a death certificate 
where an opioid drug is detected in the body of the 
deceased, or where such drug is otherwise associated 
with the death, report such death to the Adminis-
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trator by submitting a Model Opioid Treatment Pro-
gram Mortality Report described in paragraph (3). 
Such report shall be submitted to the Administrator 
on or before the later of— 
‘‘(A) 90 days after the date of signing the 
death certificate; or 
‘‘(B) as soon as practicable after the date 
on which the necessary postmortem and toxi-
cology reports become available to such indi-
vidual, as required by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) DEVELOPMENT.—The Administrator, in 
consultation with State and local medical examiners, 
prescribing physicians, hospitals, and any other or-
ganization that the Administrator determines appro-
priate, shall develop a Model Opioid Treatment Pro-
gram Mortality Report to be used under paragraphs 
(1) and (2). 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL OPIOID DEATH REGISTRY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 
2014, the Administrator shall establish and imple-
ment, through the National Center for Health Sta-
tistics, a National Opioid Death Registry (referred 
to in this subsection as the ‘Registry’) to track 
opioid-related deaths and information related to such 
deaths. 
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