3.0.0 754 2023-01-11T13:19:40Z 2023-01-11T13:19:40Z Senate S S 2009-03-31 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-31T22:09:55Z 2009-03-31 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-03-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4080) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV N C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN 2009-03-31 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2009-03-31 True S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] ARLEN SPECTER D PA 2010-07-20 False Health Department of Health and Human Services Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Executive agency funding and structure Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Prescription drugs Health 00 2009-03-31 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-12T12:45:39Z Methadone Treatment and Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) direct the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states and nonprofit community organizations to distribute culturally sensitive educational materials about the dangers of opioid abuse, including methadone abuse; (2) establish a Controlled Substances Clinical Standards Commission to develop safe dosing standards for all forms of methadone, benchmark standards for the reduction of methadone abuse, appropriate conversion factors when transitioning patients from one opioid to another, guidelines for initiating pain management with methadone, and patient and practitioner education standards; (3) increase funding for the controlled substance monitoring program; and (4) require the completion of a Model Opioid Treatment Program Mortality Report and the establishment of a National Opioid Death Registry.

Amends the Controlled Substances Act to: (1) set forth training requirements for health care practitioners registered to prescribe or dispense methadone or other opioids; and (2) require opioid treatment clinics to make acceptable arrangements for the distribution of methadone to patients restricted from taking home doses when the clinic is closed.

Prohibits the writing of prescriptions or dispensing of a 40-mg diskette of methadone unless such prescription or dispensation is consistent with current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) methadone policy.

]]> Methadone Treatment and Protection Act of 2009 Display Title Methadone Treatment and Protection Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for increased Federal oversight of methadone treatment. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Methadone Treatment and Protection Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s754is/xml/BILLS-111s754is.xml 2009-03-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.