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Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2018

Introduced: January 17, 2018 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Jan 17, 2018

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now January 17, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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