S. 2317
Referred to CommitteeAddiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2018
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
1/17/2018 • Senate
Summary
Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2018
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise the qualifications required for a practitioner to administer, dispense, or prescribe narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment in an office-based opioid treatment program.
It increases the maximum patient limit for a qualifying practitioner who meets certain requirements. The maximum patient limit is the maximum number of patients a qualifying practitioner can treat at one time.
The bill expands qualifying practitioners to include additional nonphysician practitioners: clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and certified nurse midwives.
It makes permanent the authorization for certain nonphysician practitioners to become qualifying practitioners.
Introduced in Senate • 1/17/2018
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Originated in the Senate
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January 17, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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