[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2281 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2281


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2020

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

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                                 AN ACT


 
  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. DISPENSATION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELIEVING 
              ACUTE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS FROM OPIOID USE DISORDER.

    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, in accordance with 
applicable State, Federal, or local laws relating to controlled 
substances, are allowed to dispense not more than a three-day supply of 
narcotic drugs to one person or for one person's use at one time for 
the purpose of initiating maintenance treatment or detoxification 
treatment (or both).

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 2020.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.