S.Amdt. 282

1. Adds SEC. ___. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRESCRIBING PRACTICES wherever appropriate

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. ___. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRESCRIBING PRACTICES.

   Inserted: (a) Inter-agency Task Force.--Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the "Secretary"), in cooperation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, shall convene a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (referred to in this section as the "task force").

   Inserted: (b) Membership.--The task force shall be comprised of--

   Inserted: (1) representatives of--

   Inserted: (A) the Department of Health and Human Services;

   Inserted: (B) the Department of Veterans Affairs;

   Inserted: (C) the Department of Defense;

   Inserted: (D) the Drug Enforcement Administration;

   Inserted: (E) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;

   Inserted: (F) the Office of National Drug Control Policy;

   Inserted: (G) the Institute of Medicine;

   Inserted: (H) pain management professional organizations;

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   Inserted: (I) the mental health treatment community;

   Inserted: (J) the addiction treatment community; and

   Inserted: (K) pain advocacy groups;

   Inserted: (2) the Director of the National Institutes of Health;

   Inserted: (3) physicians, dentists, and non-physician prescribers;

   Inserted: (4) pharmacists;

   Inserted: (5) experts in the fields of pain research and addiction research; and

   Inserted: (6) other stakeholders, as the Secretary determines appropriate.

   Inserted: (c) Duties.--The task force shall--

   Inserted: (1) not later than 180 days after the date on which the task force is convened, develop best practices for pain management and prescription pain medication prescribing practices, taking into consideration--

   Inserted: (A) existing pain management research;

   Inserted: (B) recommendations from relevant conferences; and

   Inserted: (C) ongoing efforts at the State and local levels and by medical professional organizations to develop improved pain management strategies;

   Inserted: (2) solicit and take into consideration public comment on the practices developed under paragraph (1), amending such best practices if appropriate; and

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

   Inserted: (d) Limitation.--The task force shall not have rulemaking authority.

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

   Inserted: (1) the strategy for disseminating best practices developed under subsection (c);

   Inserted: (2) the results of a feasibility study on linking best practices developed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c) to receiving and renewing registrations under section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(f)); and

   Inserted: (3) recommendations on how to apply such best practices to improve prescribing practices at medical facilities, including medical facilities of the Veterans Health Administration.

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