HR 4709 · 113th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2014

Introduced 2014-05-21· Sponsored by Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2014-07-30)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2014 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that: (1) a determination by the Attorney General that a registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance is "consistent with the public health and safety" means that it has a substantial relationship to such Act's purpose of preventing diversion and abuse of controlled substances; and (2) a finding of "imminent danger" by the Attorney General justifying immediate suspension of such a registration means that there is a significant and present risk of death or serious bodily harm that is more likely than not to occur in the absence of such a suspension. Requires the Attorney General, before revoking or suspending a registration under such Act, to: (1) provide the registrant notice of the grounds for doing so, and where such grounds consist of a legal violation, a specific citation to such law; (2) give the registrant an opportunity to submit a corrective action plan within a reasonable time period; and (3) determine whether, in light of the plan, revocation or suspension proceedings should be discontinued or deferred or additional changes ne…

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H.R. 4709, Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2014

Jul 8, 2014

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 10, 2014

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Cosponsors (12)

2 Democrats10 Republicans