[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5483 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5483


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2018

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
To impose a deadline for the promulgation of interim final regulations 
in accordance with section 311(h) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
    U.S.C. 831(h)) specifying the circumstances in which a special 
registration may be issued to a practitioner to engage in the practice 
                of telemedicine, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Special Registration for 
Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. DEADLINE FOR INTERIM FINAL REGULATIONS FOR A SPECIAL 
              REGISTRATION TO ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF TELEMEDICINE.

    Section 311(h)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
831(h)(2)) is amended by striking ``The Attorney General shall, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary, promulgate regulations'' and 
inserting ``Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 
Special Registration for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018, the 
Attorney General shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary, 
promulgate interim final regulations''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.