,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjah,mr4  
,mullin introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,veterans      
,affairs to inform each physician of the
 ,veterans ,health ,administration of   
the opioid prescribing rate of the      
physician and to require pain management
 training for the physicians with the   
highest opioid prescribing rates4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,va ,opioid ,prescribing ,rates    
,accountability ,act4  #b4 ,annual      
reports on ,veterans ,health            
,administration physician opioid        
prescribing rates and mandatory pain    
management training for highest         
prescribers  7a7 ,annual reports ,not   
less frequently than once each year1 the
 ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall 
transmit to each individual employed by 
the ,veterans ,health ,administration as

 a physician a report on the opioid     
prescribing rates of the individual4    
7b7 ,pain management training ,each     
fiscal year1 the ,secretary shall ensure
 that each of the individuals employed  
by the ,veterans ,health ,administration
 as physicians who were among the #aj   
percent of individuals employed by the  
,administration as physicians who had   
the highest opioid prescribing rates in 
the most recently completed fiscal year 
receive pain management training4