,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acib  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bj1 #bjae
 ,mr4 ,markey introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require certain             
practitioners authorized to prescribe   
controlled substances to complete       
continuing education4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,safer   
,prescribing of ,controlled ,substances 
,act4  #b4 ,continuing education        
requirements for certain practitioners  
prescribing controlled substances       
,section #cjc of the ,controlled        
,substances ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hbc7 is
 amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7f71 in  
the matter preceding paragraph 7#a71 by 
striking ,the ,attorney ,general shall  
register and inserting ,subject to      
subsection 7i71 the ,attorney ,general  
shall register2 and  7#b7 by adding at  
the end the following3  7i7 7#a7 ,in    

this subsection1 the term covered       
practitioner means a practitioner that  
is not a hospital1 pharmacy1 or         
veterinarian4  7#b7 ,as a condition of  
granting or renewing the registration of
 a covered practitioner under this part 
to dispense1 or conduct research with1  
controlled substances in schedule ,,ii1 
,,iii1 ,,iv1 or ,v1 the ,attorney       
,general shall require the covered      
practitioner to complete training       
7through classroom situations1 seminars 
at professional society meetings1       
electronic communications1 or otherwise7
 that the ,secretary of ,health and     
,human ,services determines meets the   
requirements under paragraph 7#c74  7#c7
 ,the training provided for purposes of 
paragraph 7#b7 shall1 at a minimum1     
expose covered practitioners to--  7,a7 
best practices for pain management1     
including alternatives to prescribing   
controlled substances and other         
alternative therapies to decrease the   
use of opioids2  7,b7 responsible       

prescribing of pain medications1 as     
described in ,federal prescriber        
guidelines for nonmalignant pain2  7,c7 
methods for diagnosing1 treating1 and   
managing a substance use disorder1      
including the use of medications        
approved by the ,food and ,drug         
,administration and evidence-based      
nonpharmacological therapies2  7,d7     
linking patients to evidence-based      
treatment for substance use disorders2  
and  7,e7 tools to manage adherence and 
diversion of controlled substances1     
including prescription drug monitoring  
programs1 drug screening1 informed      
consent1 overdose education1 and the use
 of opioid overdose antagonists4  7#d7  
,the ,substance ,abuse and ,mental      
,health ,services ,administration shall 
establish or support the establishment  
of not less than #a training module that
 meets the requirements under paragraph 
7#c7 that is provided--  7,a7 to any    
covered practitioner registered or      
applying for a registration under this  

part to dispense1 or conduct research   
with1 controlled substances in schedule 
,,ii1 ,,iii1 ,,iv1 or ,v2  7,b7 online2 
and  7,c7 free of charge4  7#e7 ,the    
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall establish1 maintain1 and
 periodically update a publically       
available database providing information
 relating to training modules that meet 
the requirements under paragraph 7#c74  
7#f7 ,not later than #e years after the 
date of enactment of this subsection1   
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services shall evaluate and make       
publically available a report describing
 how exposure to the training required  
under this subsection has changed       
prescribing patterns of controlled      
substances4  4