HR 4969 · 114th Congress · Health
John Thomas Decker Act of 2016
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2016-05-12)
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John Thomas Decker Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to report on the availability of information regarding prescription of opioids after youth sports injury, including information on opioid use and misuse, injury treatments that do not involve opioids, and treatment for opioid addiction. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.) The report must determine the extent this information is available to teenagers and adolescents who play youth sports, their families, youth sports groups, and health care providers. Taking into consideration the findings of the report, the injury center must develop and disseminate such information.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 4969, John Thomas Decker Act of 2016
May 10, 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 27, 2016
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Cosponsors (14)
5 Democrats9 Republicans