I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4075 
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 
OCTOBER 16, 2017 
Mr. NORCROSS (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. KUSTER of New Hamp-
shire, and Mr. MACARTHUR) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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 man-
agement, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Improve Addiction 
Education Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRACTITIONER EDUCATION ON ADDICTION MAN-
AGEMENT. 
Section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 823(f)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(f) The Attorney General’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(f)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the At-
torney General’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) To be registered under paragraph (1) to pre-
scribe or otherwise dispense a controlled substance in 
schedule II or III for the treatment of pain, or pain man-
agement, a practitioner (other than a hospital, a phar-
macy, or a veterinarian) shall complete education or train-
ing on pain management that conforms to the regulations 
promulgated under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B)(i) Not later than 9 months after the date of en-
actment of the Improve Addiction Education Act of 2017, 
the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration shall promulgate final regulations on the 
education or training required by subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) Such regulations shall address— 
‘‘(I) the content of education or training re-
quired by this paragraph; and 
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‘‘(II) the process for the certification of edu-
cation or training as meeting the requirements of 
this paragraph. 
‘‘(iii) To meet the requirements of this paragraph, 
education or training shall— 
‘‘(I) be not fewer than 12 hours; 
‘‘(II) consist of education or training on pain 
management through classroom situations, seminars 
at professional society meetings, electronic commu-
nications, or otherwise; and 
‘‘(III) include education or training on safe-pre-
scribing for opioid-addicted patients, detection and 
diversion of addicted patients, and safe prescribing 
for pain. 
‘‘(C) The Administrator of the Health Resources and 
Services Administration shall— 
‘‘(i) disseminate information about the edu-
cation or training required by subparagraph (A), 
and the regulations promulgated under subpara-
graph (B), to eligible providers of such education 
and training, including schools of medicine; 
‘‘(ii) post such information on the public 
website of the Department of Health and Human 
Services; and 
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