,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djge  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #af1        
#bjag,mr4 ,norcross 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,fitzpatrick1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new      
,hampshire1 and ,mr4 ,mac,arthur7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce1 and in addition to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,controlled ,substances ,act  
to require certain training as a        
condition of registration to prescribe  
or dispense opioids for the treatment of
 pain or pain management1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,improve ,addiction 
,education ,act of #bjag4  #b4          
,practitioner education on addiction    
management ,section #cjc7;f7 of the     

,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c4 #hbc7;f77 is amended--  7#a7  
by redesignating paragraphs 7#a7 through
 7#e7 as subparagraphs 7,a7 through     
7,e71 respectively2  7#b7 by striking   
7f7 ,the ,attorney ,general and         
inserting 7f77#a7 ,subject to paragraph 
7#b71 the ,attorney ,general2 and  7#c7 
by adding at the end the following3     
7#b7 7,a7 ,to be registered under       
paragraph 7#a7 to prescribe or otherwise
 dispense a controlled substance in     
schedule ,,ii or ,,iii for the treatment
 of pain1 or pain management1 a         
practitioner 7other than a hospital1 a  
pharmacy1 or a veterinarian7 shall      
complete education or training on pain  
management that conforms to the         
regulations promulgated under           
subparagraph 7,b74  7,b7  7i7 ,not later
 than #i months after the date of       
enactment of the ,improve ,addiction    
,education ,act of #bjag1 the           
,administrator of the ,health ,resources
 and ,services ,administration shall    

promulgate final regulations on the     
education or training required by       
subparagraph 7,a74  7ii7 ,such          
regulations shall address-- 7,i7 the    
content of education or training        
required by this paragraph2 and  7,,ii7 
the process for the certification of    
education or training as meeting the    
requirements of this paragraph4  7iii7  
,to meet the requirements of this       
paragraph1 education or training shall--
 7,i7 be not fewer than #ab hours2      
7,,ii7 consist of education or training 
on pain management through classroom    
situations1 seminars at professional    
society meetings1 electronic            
communications1 or otherwise2 and       
7,,iii7 include education or training on
 safe-prescribing for opioid-addicted   
patients1 detection and diversion of    
addicted patients1 and safe prescribing 
for pain4  7,c7 ,the ,administrator of  
the ,health ,resources and ,services    
,administration shall-- 7i7 disseminate 
information about the education or      

training required by subparagraph 7,a71 
and the regulations promulgated under   
subparagraph 7,b71 to eligible providers
 of such education and training1        
including schools of medicine2  7ii7    
post such information on the public     
website of the ,department of ,health   
and ,human ,services2 and  7iii7 develop
 an online program of education or      
training on pain management that        
conforms to the regulations promulgated 
under subparagraph 7,b71 offer such     
education or training to practitioners  
seeking to register or maintain their   
registration under paragraph 7#a71 and  
issue certificates to practitioners who 
successfully complete the education or  
training4  7,d7 ,to carry out this      
paragraph1 there is authorized to be    
appropriated #b1jjj1jjj for each of     
fiscal years #bjah through #bjbg4  7,e7 
,subparagraph 7,a7 shall-- 7i7 apply    
beginning on the day that is #de months 
after the date of enactment of the      
,improve ,addiction ,education ,act of  

#bjag2 and  7ii7 cease to apply at the  
end of fiscal year #bjbg4  4