Amendment requires that any physician, dentist, non-physician prescriber or pharmacist who becomes a member of the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force shall currently be licensed and practicing in their appropriate State.

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   Change 1: Replaces “physicians” with “subject to subsection (d), physicians”

   ReplacesPage 4, line 15Printed page

   In H.R. 4641 · Reported in House

   (2) State medical boards;

   (3) [inserted: subject to subsection (d), ]physicians, dentists, and nonphysician prescribers;

   (4) hospitals;

   Original wording

   Page 4, line 15, strike “physicians” and insert “subject to subsection (d), physicians”.

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   Change 2: Replaces “pharmacists” with “subject to subsection (d), pharmacists”

   ReplacesPage 4, line 18Printed page

   [struck: pharmacists][inserted: subject to subsection (d), pharmacists]

   Original wording

   Page 4, line 18, strike “pharmacists” and insert “subject to subsection (d), pharmacists”.

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   Change 3: Inserts new text on page 5, line 10

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   Inserted: (d) Condition on Participation on Task Force.--An individual representing a profession or entity described in paragraph (3) or (5) of subsection (c) may not serve as a member of the task force unless such individual--

   Inserted: (1) is currently licensed in a State in which such individual is practicing (as defined by such State) such profession (or, in the case of an individual representing an entity, a State in which the entity is engaged in business); and

   Inserted: (2) is currently practicing (as defined by such State) such profession (or, in the case of an individual representing an entity, the entity is in operation).

   Original wording

   Page 5, after line 10, insert the following:

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   Change 4: Replaces “(d)” with “(e)”

   ReplacesPage 5, line 11Printed page

   [struck: (d)][inserted: (e)]

   Original wording

   Page 5, line 11, strike “(d)” and insert “(e)”.

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   Change 5: Replaces “(e)” with “(f)”

   ReplacesPage 7, line 1Printed page

   In H.R. 4641 · Reported in House

   (3) develop a strategy for disseminating information about the best practices developed under paragraphs (1) and (2) to prescribers, pharmacists, State medical boards, educational institutions that educate prescribers and pharmacists, and other parties, as the Secretary determines appropriate.

   ([struck: e][inserted: f]) Limitation.--The task force shall not have rulemaking authority.

   (f) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date on which the task force is convened under subsection (b), the task force shall submit to Congress a report that includes--

   Original wording

   Page 7, line 1, strike “(e)” and insert “(f)”.

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   Change 6: Replaces “(f)” with “(g)”

   ReplacesPage 7, line 3Printed page

   [struck: (f)][inserted: (g)]

   Original wording

   Page 7, line 3, strike “(f)” and insert “(g)”.

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