Sec. 251. Revise opioid treatment program admission criteria to eliminate requirement that patients have an opioid use disorder for at least 1 year
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 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.