3.0.0 724 2022-11-01T17:32:24Z 2023-09-05T17:28:05Z Senate S 2019-03-07 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-07T21:11:04Z John S. McCain Opioid Addiction Prevention Act 116 1614 HR 2019-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Identical bill CRS 2019-03-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-03-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2019-03-07 True Crime and Law Enforcement Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Health personnel Licensing and registrations Prescription drugs Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2019-03-07 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-15T16:22:34Z John S. McCain Opioid Addiction Prevention Act

This bill establishes a new registration requirement for practitioners who are licensed to prescribe controlled substances in schedule II, III, or IV.

Specifically, a practitioner must agree to limit the supply of opioids prescribed for the initial treatment of acute pain, as a condition of obtaining or renewing a registration through the Drug Enforcement Administration.

An opioid that is approved and prescribed for the treatment of addiction is not subject to the limit.

]]> John S. McCain Opioid Addiction Prevention Act Display Title John S. McCain Opioid Addiction Prevention Act Short Title(s) as Introduced John S. McCain Opioid Addiction Prevention Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to establish additional registration requirements for prescribers of opioids, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s724is/xml/BILLS-116s724is.xml 2019-03-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.