Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2018

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D MarkeySponsor

11 cosponsors · 8 D, 2 R, 1 I

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

This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise the qualifications required for a practitioner to administer, dispense, or prescribe narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment in an office-based opioid treatment program.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jan 17, 2018

Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2018

It increases the maximum patient limit for a qualifying practitioner who meets certain requirements. The maximum patient limit is the maximum number of patients a qualifying practitioner can treat at one time.

The bill expands qualifying practitioners to include additional nonphysician practitioners: clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and certified nurse midwives.

It makes permanent the authorization for certain nonphysician practitioners to become qualifying practitioners.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2018

Latest action (Jan 17, 2018): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 17, 2018

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

No recorded floor vote found.