,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbdd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bd1     
#bjai,mr4 ,roberts introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,controlled       
,substances ,act to allow community     
addiction treatment facilities and      
community mental health facilities to   
register to dispense controlled         
substances through the practice of      
telemedicine1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,modernizing ,eligible          
,treatment centers for ,healing         
,addiction ,act of #bjai or the ,,meth  
,addiction ,act4  #b4 ,registration of  
community addiction treatment facilities
 and community mental health facilities 
7a7 ,definitions ,section #ajb of the   
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c4 #hjb7 is amended--  7#a7 in   
paragraph 7#ed77;,a71 by striking clause

 7i7 and inserting the following3  7i7  
while the patient is being treated by1  
and physically located in--  7,i7 a     
hospital or clinic registered under     
section #cjc7;f72 or  7,,ii7 a community
 addiction treatment facility or        
community mental health facility        
registered under section #cjc7l72 and  2
  7#b7 by redesignating paragraph 7#eh7 
as paragraph 7#ei72  7#c7 by            
redesignating the second paragraph      
designated as paragraph 7#eg7 as        
paragraph 7#eh72  7#d7 by moving        
paragraphs 7#eg71 7#eh7 7as so          
redesignated71 and 7#ei7 7as so         
redesignated7 #b ems to the left2 and   
7#e7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#fj7 ,the term community addiction   
treatment facility means an addiction   
treatment facility that1 for the purpose
 of operating as an addiction treatment 
facility1 is licensed1 operated1        
authorized1 or otherwise recognized by a
 ,state government4  7#fa7 ,the term    
community mental health facility means a

 mental health facility that1 for the   
purpose of operating as a mental health 
facility1 is licensed1 operated1        
authorized1 or otherwise recognized by a
 ,state government4  4  7b7             
,registration ,section #cjc of the      
,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba       
,u4,s4,c4 #hbc7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7l7 ,community  
addiction treatment facilities and      
community mental health facilities  7#a7
 ,registration ,the ,attorney ,general  
may register community addiction        
treatment facilities and community      
mental health facilities to administer  
controlled substances through the       
practice of telemedicine4  7#b7 ,denial 
of applications ,the ,attorney ,general 
may deny an application for registration
 under paragraph 7#a7 if the ,attorney  
,general determines that the            
registration would be inconsistent with 
the public interest after considering-- 
7,a7 any recommendation by the licensing
 board or professional disciplinary     

authority of the ,state in which the    
applicant is located2  7,b7 the         
experience of the applicant in treating 
patients2  7,c7 any conviction of an    
employee of the applicant under ,federal
 or ,state law relating to treatment of 
patients2  7,d7 the compliance of the   
applicant with applicable ,federal1     
,state1 or local laws relating to       
treatment of patients2 and  7,e7 any    
other conduct by the applicant that may 
threaten the health and safety of the   
public4  4  7c7 ,implementation plan    
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 the         
,attorney ,general shall notify         
,congress of the plan of the ,department
 of ,justice to implement the amendments
 made by this ,act4  7d7 ,effective date
 ,the amendments made by this ,act shall
 take effect on the date that is #ahj   
days after the date on which the        
,attorney ,general notifies ,congress   
under subsection 7c74