H.R. 869 · 109th Congress

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.

Stage
Reported from committee
Introduced
2005-02-16
Latest action
2005-07-11 · Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-116, Part II.

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported [part 1] 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).