[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 4115 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4115

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to increase the effectiveness of 
                physician assistance for drug treatment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 8, 2006

    Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Levin, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Biden) 
 introduced the following bill; which was read twice, considered, read 
                       the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to increase the effectiveness of 
                physician assistance for drug treatment.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Effective Physician Assistance for 
Drug Treatment Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT AMENDMENTS.

    Section 303(g)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
823(g)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ``except that 
        the'' and inserting the following: ``unless, not sooner than 1 
        year after the date on which the practitioner submitted the 
        initial notification, the practitioner submits a second 
        notification to the Secretary of the need and intent of the 
        practitioner to treat up to 100 patients. A second notification 
        under this clause shall contain the certifications required by 
        clauses (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph. The''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (J)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``thereafter'' and 
                all that follows through the period and inserting 
                ``thereafter.'';
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``Drug Addiction 
                Treatment Act of 2000'' and inserting ``Effective 
                Physician Assistance for Drug Treatment Act''; and
                    (C) in clause (iii), by striking ``this paragraph 
                should not remain in effect, this paragraph ceases to 
                be in effect'' and inserting ``subparagraph (B)(iii) 
                should be applied by limiting the total number of 
                patients a practitioner may treat to 30, then the 
                provisions in such subparagraph (B)(iii) permitting 
                more than 30 patients shall not apply, effective''.
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