Sec. 7. Medication-assisted treatment for recovery from addiction
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Section 303(g)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 823(g)(2) ) is amended— in subparagraph (G)(iii)(II), by striking during the period beginning on the date of enactment of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 and ending on October 1, 2021, ; and in subparagraph (I)— in clause (i), by striking or at the end; by redesignating clause
(ii)as clause (iii); and by inserting after clause
(i)the following: permits a qualifying practitioner to dispense drugs in schedule III, IV, or V, or combinations of such drugs, for maintenance or detoxification treatment in accordance with this paragraph to a total number of patients that is more than the total number applicable to the qualifying practitioner under subparagraph (B)(ii)(II), including an unlimited number, if the State— enacts a law authorizing such dispensing to that increased total number, or unlimited number, of patients; before the increased total number or elimination of a limit goes into effect in the State, directs the applicable State agency or regulatory board to adopt statewide regulations governing the use of medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of opioid dependence or for the prevention of relapse to opioid dependence, consistent with nationally recognized evidence-based guidelines produced by a national or international medical professional association, public health entity, or governmental body with the aim of ensuring the appropriate use of evidence to guide individual diagnostic and therapeutic clinical decisions, including the National Practice Guidelines For the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use issued by the American Society of Addiction Medicine; and notifies the Attorney General of the increased total number or elimination of a limit; or . Section 303 of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–198 ; 130 Stat. 720) is amended by striking subsection (c). Section 303(g)(2)(G)(iv) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 823(g)(2)(G)(iv) ) is amended by striking nurse practitioner or physician assistant each place that term appears and inserting nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified registered nurse anesthetist, certified nurse midwife, or physician assistant . Any entity, including a prison or jail, that receives Federal funds for a program or activity offering medication-assisted treatment shall offer, or have an affiliation with a provider who can prescribe and discuss with patients the risks of, benefits of, and alternatives to— not less than 1 opioid antagonist medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration; and not less than 1 opioid agonist (or partial agonist) medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat addiction involving opioids.
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Sec. 7
Medication-assisted treatment for recovery from addiction
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