S 2861 · 114th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Medication Prescribing Improvement Act of 2016
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.(2016-04-27)
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Medication Prescribing Improvement Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Defense to: (1) review the prescribing practices at military treatment facilities of pharmaceutical agents for post-traumatic stress treatment, (2) implement a process or processes to monitor the prescribing practices at military treatment facilities of pharmaceutical agents that are discouraged from use under the VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Post-Traumatic Stress, and (3) implement a plan to address deviations from such guideline.…
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