Opioid Addiction Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4408
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2017-11-15
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug therapy

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Health personnel

Licensing and registrations

Prescription drugs
Latest action: action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Opioid Addiction Prevention Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit the Drug Enforcement Administration from registering, or renewing the registration of, a practitioner who is licensed to prescribe opioids in schedule II, III, or IV unless the practitioner agrees to limit an opioid prescription for the initial treatment of acute pain to the lesser of a seven-day supply (no refill) or an opioid prescription limit established under state law.</p> <p>An opioid that is approved and prescribed for the treatment of addiction is not subject to the limit. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4408 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 15, 2017 Mr. Katko (for himself and Mr. Suozzi ) 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 establish additional registration requirements for prescribers of opioids, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Opioid Addiction Prevention Act of 2017 . 2. Registration requirements for prescribers Section 303 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 823 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (k) (1) The Attorney General shall not register, or renew the registration of, a practitioner under subsection (f) who is licensed under State law to prescribe controlled substances in schedule II, III, or IV, unless the practitioner submits to the Attorney General, for each such registration or renewal request, a certification that the practitioner, during the applicable registration period, will not prescribe any schedule II, III, or IV opioid, other than an opioid prescription described in paragraph (3), for the initial treatment of acute pain in an amount in excess of the lesser of— (A) a 7-day supply (for which no refill is available); or (B) an opioid prescription limit established under State law. (2) In this subsection, the term acute pain — (A) means pain with abrupt onset and caused by an injury or other process that is not ongoing; and (B) does not include— (i) chronic pain; (ii) pain being treated as part of cancer care; (iii) hospice or other end-of-life care; or (iv) pain being treated as part of palliative care. (3) An opioid prescription described in this paragraph is a prescription— (A) for a schedule II, III, or IV opioid drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for an indication for the treatment of addiction; and (B) that is for the treatment of addiction. .