Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.5669 | Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete (R-TX)
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2021
This bill establishes a process to authorize physicians who meet certain requirements to transport controlled substances to another practice setting or a disaster area.

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.

    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 ``Medical Controlled Substances 
Transportation Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPORT BY PHYSICIANS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TO ANOTHER 
              PRACTICE SETTING OR TO A DISASTER AREA.

    Section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(f)) 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (E);
            (2) by striking ``(f) The Attorney General'' and inserting 
        ``(f)(1) The Attorney General''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) If a physician registered under paragraph (1) enters into an 
agreement with the Attorney General described in paragraph (3), the 
Attorney General shall authorize the physician to transport one or more 
controlled substances--
            ``(A) from a practice setting to another practice setting 
        in order to administer the substances (under applicable State 
        law) to one or more patients; or
            ``(B) from a practice setting to a disaster area in order 
        to administer the substances (under applicable State law) for 
        purposes of treating injuries or conditions resulting from a 
        major disaster.
    ``(3) An agreement referred to in paragraph (2) shall require the 
physician--
            ``(A) to notify the Attorney General in advance of any such 
        transport;
            ``(B) to identify in any such notification--
                    ``(i) the controlled substances to be transported;
                    ``(ii) the practice setting from which the 
                controlled substances will be transported;
                    ``(iii) the practice setting or disaster area, as 
                applicable, to which the controlled substances will be 
                transported;
                    ``(iv) the intended dates of transport;
                    ``(v) the anticipated travel time; and
                    ``(vi) the intended mode of transport;
            ``(C) to limit the time of transport of any controlled 
        substance pursuant to this paragraph (between practice settings 
        or between a practice setting and a disaster area) to not more 
        than 72 consecutive hours; and
            ``(D) to maintain records in the physician's primary 
        practice setting on the dispensing of any controlled substance 
        transported pursuant to this paragraph, including 
        identification of--
                    ``(i) the location where the controlled substance 
                was dispensed; and
                    ``(ii) the quantity of the controlled substance 
                dispensed.
    ``(4) For purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3):
            ``(A) The term `disaster area' means the area for which the 
        President has declared a major disaster, during the period of 
        the declaration.
            ``(B) The term `major disaster' has the meaning given the 
        term under section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
        Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.''.
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