SEC. 2. ELIMINATING SEPARATE REGISTRATION REQUIRE-
MENT FOR DISPENSING NARCOTIC DRUGS IN 
SCHEDULE III, IV, AND V FOR MAINTENANCE 
OR DETOXIFICATION TREATMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2) of subsection (g); 
and 
(2) in subsection (g), as amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(g)(1) Except as provided 
in paragraph (2), practitioners who dispense 
narcotic drugs to individuals for maintenance 
treatment or detoxification treatment’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(g) Practitioners who dispense narcotic 
drugs (other than narcotic drugs in schedule 
III, IV, or V) to individuals for maintenance 
treatment or detoxification treatment’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 
respectively; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by 
redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), respectively. 
(b) CONFORMING CHANGES.— 
(1) Subsections (a) and (d)(1) of section 304 of 
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 824) are 
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amended by striking ‘‘303(g)(1)’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘303(g)’’. 
(2) Section 309A(a)(2) of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 829a) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘the controlled substance is to 
be administered for the purpose of maintenance 
or 
detoxification 
treatment 
under 
section 
303(g)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘the controlled sub-
stance is a narcotic drug in schedule III, IV, or 
V to be administered for the purpose of mainte-
nance or detoxification treatment’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and—’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘is to be administered by injection 
or implantation;’’ and inserting ‘‘and is to be 
administered by injection or implantation;’’. 
(3) Section 520E–4(c) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36d(c)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘information on any qualified practi-
tioner that is certified to prescribe medication for 
opioid dependency under section 303(g)(2)(B) of the 
Controlled Substances Act’’ and inserting ‘‘informa-
tion on any practitioner who prescribes narcotic 
drugs in schedule III, IV, or V of section 202 of the 
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Controlled Substances Act for the purpose of main-
tenance or detoxification treatment’’. 
(4) Section 544(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd–3) is amended by 
striking ‘‘any practitioner dispensing narcotic drugs 
pursuant to section 303(g) of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act’’ and inserting ‘‘any practitioner dis-
pensing narcotic drugs for the purpose of mainte-
nance or detoxification treatment’’. 
(5) Section 1833(bb)(3)(B) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(bb)(3)(B)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘first receives a waiver under section 303(g) 
of the Controlled Substances Act on or after Janu-
ary 1, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘first begins prescribing 
narcotic drugs in schedule III, IV, or V of section 
202 of the Controlled Substances Act for the pur-
pose of maintenance or detoxification treatment on 
or after January 1, 2019’’. 
(6) Section 1834(o)(3)(C)(ii) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(o)(3)(C)(ii)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘first receives a waiver under section 
303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act on or after 
January 1, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘first begins pre-
scribing narcotic drugs in schedule III, IV, or V of 
section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act for the 
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purpose of maintenance or detoxification treatment 
on or after January 1, 2019’’. 
(7) Section 1866F(c)(3) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc–6(c)(3)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C). 
(8) Section 1903(aa)(2)(C) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(aa)(2)(C)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(B) by striking clause (ii). 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary 
for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall conduct a na-
tional campaign to educate practitioners with respect to 
the elimination of the separate registration requirement 
under section 303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 823(g)), as in effect on the day before the date 
of enactment of this Act, for dispensing narcotic drugs in 
schedule III, IV, and V for maintenance or detoxification 
treatment. 
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(b) REQUIRED COMPONENTS.—The national edu-
cation campaign under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) encourage practitioners to integrate sub-
stance use treatment into their practices; and 
(2) include education on publicly available edu-
cational resources and training modules that can as-
sist practitioners in treating patients with a sub-
stance use disorder. 
Æ 
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