Improve Addiction Education Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4075
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2017-10-16
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Health and Human Services

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Health programs administration and funding

Licensing and registrations

Medical education

Medical research

Prescription drugs
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Improve Addiction Education Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to require a practitioner (other than a hospital, pharmacy, or veterinarian) to comply with a training or education requirement, as a condition of obtaining or renewing a registration to prescribe or dispense a controlled substance in schedule II or III for the treatment of pain or pain management.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4075 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 16, 2017 Mr. Norcross (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , and Mr. MacArthur ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined 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 management, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improve Addiction Education Act of 2017 . 2. Practitioner education on addiction management 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 Attorney General ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (2) (A) To be registered under paragraph (1) to prescribe or otherwise dispense a controlled substance in schedule II or III for the treatment of pain, or pain management, a practitioner (other than a hospital, a pharmacy, or a veterinarian) shall complete education or training on pain management that conforms to the regulations promulgated under subparagraph (B). (B) (i) Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment 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 required by this paragraph; and (II) the process for the certification of education 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 communications, or otherwise; and (III) include education or training on safe-prescribing 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 education or training required by subparagraph (A), and the regulations promulgated under subparagraph (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 (iii) develop an online program of education or training on pain management that conforms to the regulations promulgated under subparagraph (B), offer such education or training to practitioners seeking to register or maintain their registration under paragraph (1), and issue certificates to practitioners who successfully complete the education or training. (D) To carry out this paragraph, there is authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. (E) Subparagraph (A) shall— (i) apply beginning on the day that is 45 months after the date of enactment of the Improve Addiction Education Act of 2017 ; and (ii) cease to apply at the end of fiscal year 2027. .