S. 2861 · 114th Congress
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Medication Prescribing Improvement Act of 2016
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Mike Rounds
- Introduced
- 2016-04-27
- Latest action
- 2016-04-27 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
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.