A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to establish additional registration requirements for prescribers of opioids, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressS-892Senate
Updated: Apr 7, 2017

Summary

Opioid Addiction Prevention Act of 2017 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. An opioid that is approved and prescribed for the treatment of addiction is not subject to the limit.

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HR-4408: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to establish additional registration requirements for prescribers of opioids, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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