A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to lengthen the period of time during which certain controlled substances must be administered to a patient after being delivered by a pharmacy to the administering practitioner.

Bill: 117-s-3257
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-11-18
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-11-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong></strong>This bill increases the number of days&#8212;from 14 to 60&#8212;within which a practitioner must administer certain narcotic drugs (e.g., buprenorphine) to a patient for maintenance or detoxification treatment (i.e., substance use disorder treatment) after receiving the drugs from a pharmacy. Additionally, the bill revises the process by which the Department of Justice may modify the number of days within which such drugs must be administered.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3257 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 18, 2021 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mrs. Capito ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Controlled Substances Act to lengthen the period of time during which certain controlled substances must be administered to a patient after being delivered by a pharmacy to the administering practitioner.

1. Delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacy to an administering practitioner Section 309A of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 829a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(5), by striking 14 days and inserting 60 days ; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking paragraph (1); (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; (C) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, by striking the Attorney General, and all that follows and inserting the following: the Attorney General may modify the number of days described in subsection (a)(5) if the Secretary determines that the modification will— (A) reduce the risk of diversion; or (B) protect the public health. ; and (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by striking 7 days and inserting 14 days .