Ensuring Patient Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatments Act of 2018

Summary

Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to register an emergency medical services (EMS) agency to administer controlled substances if the agency submits an application demonstrating that it is authorized to conduct such activity in the state in which the agency practices. The DEA may deny an application if it determines that the registration is inconsistent with the public interest. An EMS agency may obtain a single registration in each state instead of a separate registration for each location. A registered EMS agency may deliver, store, and receive controlled substances, subject to specified conditions. An EMS professional of a registered EMS agency may administer controlled substances in schedules II, III, IV, or V outside the physical presence of a medical director if such administration is authorized under state law and pursuant to a standing or verbal order, subject to specified conditions. The bill specifies that a hospital-based EMS agency (i.e., an EMS agency owned or operated by a hospital) may continue to administer controlled substances under the hospital's DEA registration. A pharmacy may deliver a controlled substance to an administering practitioner in accordance with this bill's requirements, subject to specified conditions.

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• Engrossed in Senate (text)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 23 May 2018

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• Engrossed in Senate (PDF)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 23 May 2018

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 1 May 2017

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 1 May 2017

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 1 May 2017

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 April 2017

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 April 2017

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 24 April 2017

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