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H.R. 4365 · 114th Congress

Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016

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Passed the House without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 114th Congress ended.

RHR HudsonSponsor
134 cosponsors · 45 D, 89 R
GKD Butterfield SCD Cohen BFR Farenthold JHR Heck RRD Ruiz BWR Westerman EBD Blumenauer LJR Jenkins MFR Fitzpatrick CPD Peterson AHR Harris BAD Ashford MBR Burgess GBR Bilirakis SBR Brooks MCD Cartwright RKD Kind BLR Long MLD Lujan Grisham DSD Scott KSD Schrader MPD Pocan FSR Sensenbrenner LSR Smith STR Tipton BBD Boyle CCR Collins MDR Diaz-Balart AED Eshoo TGD Gabbard JLD Langevin GWR Walden LWR Westmoreland DYR Young RZR Zinke RAR Abraham KCR Cramer TWD Walz CCR Clawson LFD Frankel RNR Nugent JDR Duncan SDR DesJarlais SGR Graves BLR Luetkemeyer MMR Mullin KYR Yoder SGR Garrett PRR Roe MBR Blackburn CBR Boustany RBR Blum JCR Culberson PDD DeFazio JFR Fleming AKD Kirkpatrick GMD Moore CPD Pingree RWR Williams RAR Allen THR Huelskamp FLR Lucas DYR Young MPR Pompeo ASD Smith SBD Bonamici TER Emmer RCR Costello DJR Joyce DRR Rouzer GGR Graves BWR Wenstrup LBR Bucshon TGR Graves DJR Jolly JSD Schakowsky CVD Van Hollen MBR Brooks DBD Beyer JCD Conyers KMR Marchant SRR Rigell ABR Barr JCR Carter JFR Forbes LLR Lance CMR McMorris Rodgers PRR Roskam ECD Cummings TLD Lieu AWR Wagner SDD DelBene MMR McCaul TWR Walberg JWR Walorski JBD Brownley BDR Dold DDR Donovan FGR Guinta DKD Kilmer PWD Welch CRD Richmond KGR Granger KED Ellison RPR Pittenger JHR Herrera Beutler JRR Renacci RLR Labrador HRR Rogers BBR Babin EPR Paulsen SSR Stivers JSR Smith MBR Bishop KCD Castor GGD Graham PGR Gosar PMR McHenry JBD Beatty JDR Duncan KRR Rothfus BGR Guthrie RBD Brady JHD Hahn KNR Noem RER Ellmers CSR Stewart CDR Dent CBD Bustos JCD Courtney DLD Lipinski KRD Rice DSR Schweikert MMR McSally

6 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Jan 12, 2016
  2. House Passed Nov 14, 2016

Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Nov 14, 2016

Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to register an emergency medical services (EMS) agency to administer controlled substances if the agency submits an application demonstrating that it is authorized to conduct such activity in the state in which the agency practices. The DEA may deny an application if it determines that the registration is inconsistent with the public interest.

An EMS agency may obtain a single registration in each state instead of a separate registration for each location.

A registered EMS agency may deliver, store, and receive controlled substances, subject to specified conditions.

An EMS professional of a registered EMS agency may administer controlled substances in schedules II, III, IV, or V outside the physical presence of a medical director if such administration is authorized under state law and pursuant to a standing or verbal order, subject to specified conditions.

The bill specifies that a hospital-based EMS agency (i.e., an EMS agency owned or operated by a hospital) may continue to administer controlled substances under the hospital's DEA registration.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016

Latest action (Nov 15, 2016): Received in the Senate.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 12, 2016

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Jan 12, 2016
  2. House Passed Nov 14, 2016

No recorded floor vote found.