To amend the Controlled Substances Act to define currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions, and for other purposes.
This bill creates a new definition for "currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions" under the Controlled Substances Act, specifically for certain investigational drugs. It applies to drugs designated as breakthrough therapies by the FDA or authorized for expanded patient access under specific emergency protocols for serious diseases with no other treatment options. The definition excludes drugs that are already fully approved under standard FDA pathways or that lose their expanded access status. If a drug no longer meets these strict criteria, the Attorney General must reclassify it into the highest restriction category (Schedule I) within 90 days of notification from the Health Secretary. This changes how certain experimental treatments are classified under federal drug laws.
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Introduction
Mar 2023
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Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Last action Mar 17, 2023
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Mar 17, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Mar 7, 2023
Committee
Referred 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.
lower
Mar 7, 2023
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Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Party
State
District
P
Madeleine Dean
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
Co
Brandon Williams
RRepublican
Co
Colin Z. Allred
DDemocratic
Co
Derrick Van Orden
RRepublican
Co
Don Bacon
RRepublican
Co
Earl Blumenauer
DDemocratic
Co
James R. Baird
RRepublican
Co
Jasmine Crockett
DDemocratic
Co
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
RRepublican
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