Congress 114 - S 2256 - Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2016

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Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Defense Department of Health and Human Services Department of Veterans Affairs Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Medical education Military medicine Prescription drugs State and local government operations Veterans' medical care

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Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide information to certain prescribers on best practices for prescribing naloxone for patients receiving chronic opioid therapy or being treated for opioid use disorders. (Naloxone is a prescription drug used to rapidly reverse an overdose of opioids, which are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.) The information must be provided to prescribers in federally qualified health centers and the health care facilities of the Indian Health Service.

The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs must provide such information to prescribers in their medical facilities.

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Apr 27, 2016

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 442.
Apr 27, 2016

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Mar 16, 2016

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Nov 5, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7819-7820)
Nov 5, 2015

Introduced in Senate

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