Bill > S1830

This bill, known as the Right to Treat Act, aims to limit the regulatory power of federal health agencies over medical practice. Specifically, the bill prohibits agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from regulating the practice of medicine. It also prevents federal laws, rules, or policies from restricting doctors' ability to prescribe drugs for unapproved uses, even if those drugs are FDA-approved or available under existing emergency use provisions. The bill includes an important caveat that it does not remove restrictions on certain medical procedures considered ethically sensitive, such as abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, mercy killing, coercive family planning, female genital mutilation, or gender transition medical interventions. By explicitly limiting federal agency authority, the bill seeks to give medical practitioners more discretion in treatment decisions and reduce regulatory oversight of medical practice.

Health and Social Services

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1830/all-info