Bill > HR4974

Introduced Session

Requires prescribers of controlled substances, as a condition of obtaining or renewing their registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration, to complete specified education or training on the prevention, treatment, and management of opioid-use and other substance-use disorders. This education and training shall also satisfy the training requirements currently needed to obtain waivers to prescribe certain medication-assisted treatments for opioid-use disorders in settings other than opioid treatment programs.

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Lori Trahan (D)*,  Cindy Axne (D),  Nanette Barragán (D),  Jack Bergman (R),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Buddy Carter (R),  Sean Casten (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  TJ Cox (D),  Jason Crow (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Josh Harder (D),  Jahana Hayes (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Andy Kim (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Chris Pappas (D),  Hal Rogers (R),  Max Rose (D),  Kim Schrier (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  David Trone (D),  Peter Welch (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (on 12/18/2019)

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