Timely Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7238
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2022-03-28
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Timely Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill allows opioid treatment programs to admit individuals who have been addicted to opioids for less than one year for maintenance treatment (the use of medications such as methadone in treating opioid addiction).</p> <p>Current regulations generally bar an opioid treatment program from admitting individuals for such treatment unless they have been addicted to opioids for more than one year. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to revise its regulations to allow admission when the duration of an individual's opioid addiction is less than one year.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7238 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 28, 2022 Mr. Bucshon (for himself, Mrs. Axne , Mrs. Miller-Meeks , and Mr. Pappas ) 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 direct that the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall revise opioid treatment program admission criteria to eliminate the requirement that patients have been addicted for at least 1 year prior to being admitted for treatment.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Timely Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Act of 2022 . 2. Revise opioid treatment program admission criteria to eliminate requirement that patients have been addicted for at least 1 year The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall revise section 8.12(e)(1) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), to eliminate the requirement that an opioid treatment program only admit an individual for treatment under the program if the individual has been addicted to opioids for at least 1 year before being so admitted for treatment.