To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize pharmacies to deliver certain controlled substances to an administering practitioner in lieu of delivering such substances to the ultimate user, and for other purposes.
- Introduced Jul 6
- Committee Jul 6
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Summary
This bill broadens the authority of pharmacies under the Controlled Substances Act to deliver certain controlled substances to health care practitioners for the purpose of administering the substance to a patient.
Full summary1 paragraphs
Under current law, pharmacies may deliver controlled substances in schedules III, IV, or V to a practitioner if it is for maintenance or detoxification treatment and is administered via injection or implantation, among other requirements. The bill applies this authority to any controlled substance in schedules III, IV, or V that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration to be administered by, or under the supervision of, a practitioner.
Library of Congress summary, Jul 6, 2023
- Introduced in HouseJul 6, 2023
Actions
- HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.Jul 7, 2023
- HouseIntroduced in HouseJul 6, 2023
- HouseReferred 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.Jul 6, 2023
Bill record
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- Introduced in HouseJul 6, 2023PDF: Introduced in House
Committees2
- House Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To Jul 6, 2023
- Subcommittee: Health SubcommitteeReferred to
- House Judiciary CommitteeReferred To Jul 6, 2023
Sponsor and cosponsors4 cosponsors
- Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2)Sponsor, Jul 6, 2023
- Ann Kuster (D-NH-2)OriginalJoined Jul 6, 2023
- Doris Matsui (D-CA-7)OriginalJoined Jul 6, 2023
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)Joined Jul 11, 2023
- Donald Davis (D-NC-1)Joined Jul 17, 2023
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Titles1
- To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize pharmacies to deliver certain controlled substances to an administering practitioner in lieu of delivering such substances to the ultimate user, and for other purposes.Official Title as Introduced
Subjects4
Related bills1
- H.R. 4531 118th, Related bill Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act
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