3.0.0 5629 2026-01-12T21:40:41Z 2026-01-12T21:40:41Z House H HR 2025-09-30 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5629 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 160 (Tuesday, September 30, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. HOUCHIN:H.R. 5629.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H4509]</pre> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-09-30T16:03:45Z 2025-09-30 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2025-09-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-09-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001093 Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9] Erin Houchin R IN 9 N Health Health 2025-12-17T16:48:41Z

00 2025-09-30 Introduced in House 2026-01-12T21:39:05Z <p>This bill nullifies part of&nbsp;the final rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) titled <em>Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder</em> and published on February 2, 2024.</p><p>The rule incorporated into regulations certain flexibilities for opioid treatment that were initially implemented during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The bill nullifies these flexibilities, including (1)&nbsp;expanded flexibility for patients in their first or second month of treatment to receive take-home doses of methadone,&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;flexibility to use telehealth examinations to admit patients for treatment involving buprenorphine or methadone, and (3)&nbsp;expanded access to evidence-based practices such as splitting doses for certain patients.&nbsp;</p><p>Pursuant to a statutory requirement, the rule also allowed patients to be admitted to an opioid treatment program without having to show at least a one-year history of opioid misuse. The bill nullifies these provisions of the rule.</p>

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