[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5770 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5770

  To direct the Attorney General to amend certain regulations so that 
  practitioners may administer not more than 3 days' medication to a 
person at one time when administering narcotic drugs for the purpose of 
                  relieving acute withdrawal symptoms.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2018

   Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Attorney General to amend certain regulations so that 
  practitioners may administer not more than 3 days' medication to a 
person at one time when administering narcotic drugs for the purpose of 
                  relieving acute withdrawal symptoms.

    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 ``Easy Medication Access and Treatment 
for Opioid Addiction Act'' or the ``Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELIEVING 
              ACUTE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General shall revise section 1306.07(b) of title 21, Code 
of Federal Regulations, so that practitioners are allowed to administer 
not more than a three-day supply of medication to one person or for one 
person's use at one time.
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