[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1887 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1887

 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation 
 on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in 
                            group practices.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2003

   Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Biden) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation 
 on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in 
                            group practices.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF THE 30-PATIENT LIMIT FOR GROUP PRACTICES.

    Section 303(g)(2)(B) of the Controlled Substance Act (21 U.S.C. 
823(g)(2)(B)) is amended by striking clause (iv).
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