S. 1887 · 108th Congress
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices.
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Orrin Hatch
- Introduced
- 2003-11-18
- Latest action
- 2004-07-19 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the 30-patient limit for medical practitioners in group practices that may dispense specified narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment.