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Introduced
03/03/2023
03/03/2023
In Committee
03/10/2023
03/10/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2025
01/03/2025
Introduced Session
118th Congress
Bill Summary
A BILL To expand the take-home prescribing of methadone through pharmacies.
AI Summary
This bill, the Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act, aims to expand the take-home prescribing of methadone, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder, through pharmacies. The key provisions include:
1. Waiving the requirements of the Controlled Substances Act for persons licensed to prescribe controlled substances, allowing them to prescribe methadone for unsupervised use to be dispensed through pharmacies.
2. Establishing requirements for the prescribing and dispensing of methadone, including electronic prescribing, a 30-day supply limit, and adherence to certain regulations.
3. Allowing maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment, along with related services, to be provided through telehealth.
4. Requiring the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to jointly report annually on the implementation of these provisions.
5. Expressing the sense of Congress that patients receiving services through opioid treatment programs face barriers to care and that each state should align its regulation of these programs with the intent of this Act.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (71)
Donald Norcross (D)*,
Colin Allred (D),
Jake Auchincloss (D),
Don Bacon (R),
Becca Balint (D),
Ami Bera (D),
Suzanne Bonamici (D),
Brendan Boyle (D),
Nikki Budzinski (D),
Ed Case (D),
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Lou Correa (D),
Jim Costa (D),
Angie Craig (D),
Jasmine Crockett (D),
Anthony D'Esposito (R),
Don Davis (D),
Suzan DelBene (D),
Chris Deluzio (D),
Mark DeSaulnier (D),
Debbie Dingell (D),
Adriano Espaillat (D),
Brian Fitzpatrick (R),
Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D),
Dan Goldman (D),
Jenniffer González (R),
Josh Gottheimer (D),
Josh Harder (D),
Brian Higgins (D),
Steven Horsford (D),
Chrissy Houlahan (D),
Jared Huffman (D),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),
Robin Kelly (D),
Dan Kildee (D),
Derek Kilmer (D),
Andy Kim (D),
Ann Kuster (D),
Rick Larsen (D),
Mike Lawler (R),
Mike Levin (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Frank Mrvan (D),
Kevin Mullin (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Jimmy Panetta (D),
Mary Peltola (D),
Brittany Pettersen (D),
Dean Phillips (D),
Chellie Pingree (D),
Ayanna Pressley (D),
Mike Quigley (D),
Delia Ramirez (D),
Andrea Salinas (D),
Brad Schneider (D),
Elissa Slotkin (D),
Melanie Stansbury (D),
Shri Thanedar (D),
Rashida Tlaib (D),
Paul Tonko (D),
Ritchie Torres (D),
Lori Trahan (D),
David Trone (D),
Lauren Underwood (D),
Juan Vargas (D),
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),
Susan Wild (D),
Brandon Williams (R),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 03/10/2023)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1359/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr1359/BILLS-118hr1359ih.pdf |
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