Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2016

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Introduced

5 November 2015

Last action

27 April 2016 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 442.

Summary

Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) establish training guidelines for federal health care facilities and federally qualified health centers; and (2) train certain health care providers at federal health care facilities on best practices for prescribing pain medications, principles of pain management, the misuse potential of controlled substances, identification of potential substance use disorders and referral to further evaluation and treatment, and disposal of controlled substances. HHS, the VA, and DOD must establish, for certain health care facilities, guidelines for the prescription of naloxone to individuals at an elevated risk of overdose. (Naloxone is a prescription drug used to rapidly reverse an overdose of opioids, which are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.) HHS must award grants to state departments of health for the development and application of guidelines for the prescription of opioid overdose reversal drugs and to increase access to naloxone. Grants may be used to: establish a program for purchasing, prescribing, and distributing opioid overdose reversal drugs; expand innovative models of naloxone distribution; train and provide resources to health care providers and pharmacists on prescribing opioid overdose reversal drugs; offset individuals' cost-sharing for opioid overdose reversal drugs; conduct community outreach to raise awareness of the availability of opioid overdose reversal drugs; and establish protocols to connect patients who have experienced a drug overdose with treatment.

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Timeline

5 November 2015
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7819-7820)
Source: IntroReferral
5 November 2015
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
16 March 2016
Reported
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
27 April 2016
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 442.
Source: Calendars
27 April 2016
Reported
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Source: Committee
27 April 2016
Reported
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Source: Committee

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Related records

related to → Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
related to ← Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2016

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2256
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2256
us · 114-s-2256 · source updated 5 December 2025