[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S11606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         EFFECTIVE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANCE FOR DRUG TREATMENT ACT

  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 4115, which was introduced 
earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 4115) to amend the Controlled Substances Act to 
     increase the effectiveness of physician assistance for drug 
     treatment.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in 
the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 4115) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 4115

       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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