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Nurse practitioners: physician assistants: buprenorphine.

It became law on Sep 11, 2017.

CA SB 554 · Senate Bill · 2017–2018

Stage
Became law
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Senate
Sponsor
1
Latest action
Sep 11, 2017

What it does

Existing federal law requires practitioners, as defined, who dispense narcotic drugs to individuals for maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment to obtain annually a separate registration with the United States Attorney General for that purpose. Existing federal law authorizes waiver of the registration requirement for a qualifying practitioner who submits specified information to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. Existing federal law, the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act of 2016, defines a qualifying practitioner for these purposes to include, among other practitioners, a nurse practitioner or physician assistant who, among other requirements, has…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Sep 11, 2017

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Who is involved

Sponsors

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  • StoneLead sponsor

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Where it goes next

Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.

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