S. 1455 · 114th Congress
Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment Act
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Blumenthal6 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment Act or the TREAT Act
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Apr 27, 2016
Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment Act or the TREAT Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise the requirements for a practitioner to administer, dispense, or prescribe narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment in an office-based opioid treatment program.
Currently, a practitioner must notify the Department of Health and Human Services and certify that he or she is a qualifying physician (i.e., a state-licensed physician with certain expertise), has the capacity to refer patients for appropriate counseling and ancillary services, and will comply with a patient limit. The patient limit is how many patients the practitioner can treat under the office-based treatment program at one time.
This bill expands qualifying practitioners to include licensed nurse practitioners and physician assistants who have expertise and prescribe medications for opioid use disorder in collaboration with or under the supervision of a qualifying physician, if required by state law.
It increases the maximum patient limit for a qualifying practitioner and requires compliance with recordkeeping requirements.
(Sec. 4) The amendments made by this bill do not preempt a state law that modifies the patient limit or requires a qualifying practitioner to comply with additional requirements.
(Sec. 5) DOJ must update regulations with respect to waived practitioners to include nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
(Sec. 6) The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the effectiveness of this bill.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: TREAT Act
Latest action (Apr 27, 2016): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 441.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 22, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.