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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1375 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health 
of Human Services to award grants to States (or collaborations of States) 
to establish, expand, or maintain a comprehensive regional, State, or 
municipal system to provide training, education, consultation, and other 
resources to prescribers relating to patient pain, substance misuse, and 
substance abuse disorders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2017 
Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts (for herself and Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the 
Secretary of Health of Human Services to award grants 
to States (or collaborations of States) to establish, ex-
pand, or maintain a comprehensive regional, State, or 
municipal system to provide training, education, con-
sultation, and other resources to prescribers relating to 
patient pain, substance misuse, and substance abuse dis-
orders, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prescriber Support Act 
of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. RESOURCES FOR PRESCRIBERS ON PATIENT PAIN, 
SUBSTANCE MISUSE, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
DISORDERS. 
The Public Health Service Act is amended by insert-
ing after section 399O of such Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–3) 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 399O–1. RESOURCES FOR PRESCRIBERS ON PATIENT 
PAIN, SUBSTANCE MISUSE, AND SUBSTANCE 
ABUSE DISORDERS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary may award grants to 
States (or collaborations of States) to establish, expand, 
or maintain a comprehensive regional, State, or municipal 
system to provide training, education, consultation, and 
other resources to enable prescribers— 
‘‘(1) to effectively and appropriately treat and 
manage patient pain; and 
‘‘(2) to prevent, identify, and respond to patient 
substance misuse and substance abuse disorders. 
‘‘(b) SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION.—A system funded 
through this section may provide the training, education, 
consultation, and other resources described in subsection 
(a) directly or through a professional association, an insti-
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tution of higher education, a nonprofit organization, or an-
other appropriate entity. 
‘‘(c) NUMBER.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations, the Secretary shall make grants under this sec-
tion to not fewer than 3 States (or collaborations of 
States). 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to applications to 
States (or collaborations of States) demonstrating the 
greatest lack of, and need for, the training, education, con-
sultation, and other resources described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date on which a State (or collaboration of States) receives 
a grant under this section, the State (or collaboration) 
shall submit to the Secretary an evaluation of the extent 
to which the system funded through the grant has been 
effective in— 
‘‘(1) improving the treatment and management 
of pain; and 
‘‘(2) preventing, identifying, and responding to 
substance misuse and substance abuse disorders. 
‘‘(f) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible for 
assistance under this section, a system described in sub-
section (a) shall include— 
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