POPPY Study Act

Bill: 115-hr-5646
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2018-04-27
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Health promotion and preventive care

Prescription drugs

Rural conditions and development

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-04-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting against Opioid Prescription-abuse during Prenatal Year Study Act or the POPPY Study Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a report to Congress that includes details regarding:</p> <ul> <li>opioid prescribing practices for pregnant women,</li> <li>recommendations for identifying and reducing opioid misuse during pregnancy, </li> <li>prescription opioid use and misuse during pregnancy in urban and rural areas,</li> <li>the use of non-opioid pain management practices in place of prescription opioids during pregnancy,</li> <li>guidelines encouraging the use of non-opioid pain management practices during pregnancy when safe and effective, and</li> <li>recommendations for increasing public awareness and education regarding opioid use disorder in pregnancy. </li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5646 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 27, 2018 Mr. Curtis (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah , Mr. Stewart , Mr. Diaz-Balart , and Mrs. Love ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to Congress a report on opioids prescribing practices for pregnant women.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting against Opioid Prescription-abuse during Prenatal Year Study Act or the POPPY Study Act . 2. Report on opioids prescribing practices for pregnant women (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall develop and submit to the Congress a report— (1) on opioids prescribing practices for pregnant women and recommendations for such practices; (2) that provides recommendations for identifying and reducing opioids misuse during pregnancy; (3) on prescription opioid misuse during pregnancy in urban and rural areas; (4) on prescription opioid use during pregnancy for the purpose of medication-assisted treatment in urban and rural areas; (5) evaluating current utilization of non-opiate pain management practices in place of prescription opioids during pregnancy; (6) providing guidelines encouraging the use of non-opioid pain management practices during pregnancy when safe and effective; and (7) that provides recommendations for increasing public awareness and education of opioid use disorder in pregnancy, including available treatment resources in urban and rural areas. (b) No additional funds No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for purposes of carrying out subsection (a).