Clerk session vote number: 435
Description: To amend the Contolled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices, and for other purposes
Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.) Amends the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the 30-patient limit for medical group practices allowed to dispense narcotic drugs in schedules III, IV, or V for maintenance or detoxification treatment (retains the 30-patient limit for an individual physician).
Bill titles: A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices, and for other purposes.
Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov