To provide information to prescribers in Federally qualified health centers and facilities of the Indian Health Service on best practices for prescribing naloxone.
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 18, 2016)
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide information to prescribers in federally qualified health centers and Indian Health Service facilities on best practices for prescribing naloxone (a prescription drug used to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose) for patients a provider identifies as having an elevated risk of opioid overdose. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.)
What just happenedApr 27, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseApr 18, 2016
- Apr 27, 2016Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee - Apr 22, 2016Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Apr 18, 2016IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Natural Resources Committee - Apr 18, 2016IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Apr 18, 2016IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Apr 18, 2016IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 18, 2016IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House