HR-5646 : Still Just a Bill

Protecting against Opioid Prescription-abuse during Prenatal Year Study Act or the POPPY Study Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a report to Congress that includes details regarding:

• opioid prescribing practices for pregnant women,
• recommendations for identifying and reducing opioid misuse during pregnancy,
• prescription opioid use and misuse during pregnancy in urban and rural areas,
• the use of non-opioid pain management practices in place of prescription opioids during pregnancy,
• guidelines encouraging the use of non-opioid pain management practices during pregnancy when safe and effective, and
• recommendations for increasing public awareness and education regarding opioid use disorder in pregnancy.