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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3014 

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize physicians, pursuant 

to an agreement with the Attorney General, to transport controlled 

substances from a practice setting to another practice setting or to 

a disaster area. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 9, 2015 

Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. BARTON, Mr. 

SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. FLORES, Mr. 

MARCHANT, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. 

OLSON, Mr. BABIN, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 

REICHERT, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia, Mr. HOLDING, Mrs. 

WAGNER, and Mr. ROTHFUS) 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 

A BILL 

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize physicians, pursuant to an agreement with the Attorney General, to transport controlled substances from a practice 

setting to another practice setting or to a disaster area. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medical Controlled 

3 Substances Transportation Act of 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TRANSPORT BY PHYSICIANS OF CONTROLLED SUB5 STANCES TO ANOTHER PRACTICE SETTING 

6 OR TO A DISASTER AREA. 

7 Section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 

8 U.S.C. 823(f)) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

10 (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E); 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘(f) The Attorney General’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘(f)(1) The Attorney General’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(2) If a physician registered under paragraph (1) 

15 enters into an agreement with the Attorney General de16 scribed in paragraph (3), the Attorney General shall au17 thorize the physician to transport one or more controlled 

18 substances— 

19 ‘‘(A) from a practice setting to another practice 

20 setting in order to administer the substances (under 

21 applicable State law) to one or more patients; or 

22 ‘‘(B) from a practice setting to a disaster area 

23 in order to administer the substances (under appli24 cable State law) for purposes of treating injuries or 

25 conditions resulting from a major disaster. 


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1 ‘‘(3) An agreement referred to in paragraph (2) shall 

2 require the physician— 

3 ‘‘(A) to notify the Attorney General in advance 

4 of any such transport; 

5 ‘‘(B) to identify in any such notification— 

6 ‘‘(i) the controlled substances to be trans7 ported; 

8 ‘‘(ii) the practice setting from which the 

9 controlled substances will be transported; 

10 ‘‘(iii) the practice setting or disaster area, 

11 as applicable, to which the controlled substances 

12 will be transported; 

13 ‘‘(iv) the intended dates of transport; 

14 ‘‘(v) the anticipated travel time; and 

15 ‘‘(vi) the intended mode of transport; 

16 ‘‘(C) to limit the time of transport of any con17 trolled substance pursuant to this paragraph (be18 tween practice settings or between a practice setting 

19 and a disaster area) to not more than 72 consecutive 

20 hours; and 

21 ‘‘(D) to maintain records in the physician’s pri22 mary practice setting on the dispensing of any con23 trolled substance transported pursuant to this para24 graph, including identification of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the location where the controlled sub2 stance was dispensed; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) the quantity of the controlled sub4 stance dispensed. 

5 ‘‘(4) For purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3): 

6 ‘‘(A) The term ‘disaster area’ means the area 

7 for which the President has declared a major dis8 aster, during the period of the declaration. 

9 ‘‘(B) The term ‘major disaster’ has the mean10 ing given the term under section 102 of the Robert 

11 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist12 ance Act.’’. 

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