S.Amdt. 3354

SA 3354. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mrs. Capito) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 524, to
authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national
epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. OPIOID PRESCRIPTION GUIDELINES.

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting
through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, shall issue guidelines for the safe prescribing
of opioids for the treatment of acute pain.
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