,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #aj1      
#bjah,mr4 ,inhofe introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of ,veterans     
,affairs to report on opioid prescribing
 rates of physicians of the ,veterans   
,health ,administration and to conduct  
pain management training for those      
physicians with the highest rates of    
opioid prescribing4  #a4 ,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