S. 2932 · 114th Congress
Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016
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Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 16, 2016
Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to register an emergency medical services (EMS) agency as an entity authorized to dispense controlled substances, instead of registering the individual practitioners or medical directors of the agency.
A registered EMS agency must be overseen by one or more medical directors.
The bill specifies that an EMS practitioner who is employed by a registered EMS agency may administer controlled substances under a standing order issued by a medical director. The standing order does not have to be specific to an individual patient. An EMS agency must keep the standing order on file and make it available to the DEA upon request.
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 (May 16, 2016): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 16, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.