S.Amdt. 370

SA 370. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:

SEC. ___. TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PRESCRIBING
OPIOIDS FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN.

(a) Training.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that
health care professionals of the Department of Defense, other
than pharmacists, who are authorized to prescribe or
otherwise dispense opioids for the treatment of pain--
(A) complete the training described in paragraph (2) not
less frequently than once every three years; or
(B) are licensed in a State that requires training that is
equivalent to or greater than the training described in
paragraph (2) with respect to the prescribing or dispensing
of opioids for the treatment of pain.
(2) Training described.--
(A) In general.--The training described in this paragraph
is not fewer than 12 hours of training (through classroom
situations, seminars at professional society meetings,
electronic communications, or otherwise) that is provided by
organizations specified in subparagraph (B) with respect to--
(i) pain management treatment guidelines and best
practices;
(ii) early detection of opioid addiction; and
(iii) the treatment and management of opioid-dependent
patients.
(B) Organizations specified.--The organizations specified
in this subparagraph are the following:
(i) The American Society of Addiction Medicine.
(ii) The American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.
(iii) The American Medical Association.
(iv) The American Osteopathic Association.
(v) The American Psychiatric Association.
(vi) The American Academy of Pain Management.
(vii) The American Pain Society.
(viii) The American Academy of Pain Medicine.
(ix) The American Board of Pain Medicine.
(x) The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.
(xi) Such other organizations as the Secretary of Defense
determines appropriate for purposes of this subsection.
(b) Establishment of Training Modules.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish
or support the establishment of one or more training modules
to be used to provide the training required under subsection
(a).
(2) Support for organizations.--The Secretary may support
the establishment of a training module under paragraph (1)
by--
(A) an organization specified in paragraph (2)(B) of
subsection (a); or
(B) any other organization that the Secretary determines is
appropriate to provide the training required under such
subsection.
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