Right to Treat Act

Bill: 117-s-3670
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2022-02-16
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Right to Treat Act</strong></p> <p>This bill specifies that no federal agency has the authority to regulate the practice of medicine. It further specifies that no federal law or policy may prohibit or restrict the lawful prescribing of a drug authorized by the Food and Drug Administration.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3670 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 16, 2022 Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To clarify that agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services do not have the authority to regulate the practice of medicine.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Right to Treat Act . 2. Scope of authorities Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) no Federal agency, including the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall have the authority to regulate the practice of medicine; and (2) no Federal law, rule, regulation, or policy shall prohibit or restrict the lawful prescribing or disbursing of any drug that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration, or that is available pursuant to section 561B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–0a ).