Ryan Creedon Act of 2011

Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to require: (1) the Attorney General to require practitioners, as a condition on registering or renewing registration to dispense controlled substances in schedules II, III, IV, or V, to obtain particular training or special certification meeting standards established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on controlled substance addiction and abuse and on appropriate and safe use of such controlled substances; and (2) such training or certification to be provided by a medical society, a medical licensing board of the state where the practitioner is licensed, an accredited continuing education provider, or another organization that the Secretary determines is appropriate.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2119 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2119

  To amend the Controlled Substances Act to require practitioners to 
 obtain particular training or special certification, approved by the 
 Attorney General, on addiction to and abuse of controlled substances 
 and appropriate and safe use of controlled substances in schedule II, 
                 III, IV, or V, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2011

  Mrs. Bono Mack (for herself, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, and Mr. Lynch) 
 introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Controlled Substances Act to require practitioners to 
 obtain particular training or special certification, approved by the 
 Attorney General, on addiction to and abuse of controlled substances 
 and appropriate and safe use of controlled substances in schedule II, 
                 III, IV, or V, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ryan Creedon Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR PRACTITIONERS TO OBTAIN TRAINING OR 
              CERTIFICATION ON ADDICTION TO AND ABUSE OF CONTROLLED 
              SUBSTANCES AND APPROPRIATE AND SAFE USE OF CONTROLLED 
              SUBSTANCES IN SCHEDULE II, III, IV, OR V.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (f) of section 303 of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (E);
            (2) by striking ``(f)'' and inserting ``(f)(1)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end of the subsection the following:
    ``(2)(A) As a condition on registering or renewing the registration 
of a practitioner under paragraph (1) to dispense controlled substances 
in schedule II, III, IV, or V, the Attorney General shall require such 
practitioner to obtain particular training or special certification, 
meeting standards established by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services in consultation with the Attorney General, on--
            ``(i) controlled substance addiction and abuse; and
            ``(ii) appropriate and safe use of controlled substances in 
        schedule II, III, IV, or V.
    ``(B) Such training or certification shall be provided by--
            ``(i) a medical society;
            ``(ii) a State medical licensing board of a State where the 
        practitioner is licensed;
            ``(iii) an accredited continuing education provider; or
            ``(iv) another organization that the Secretary determines 
        is appropriate for providing such training or certification.
    ``(C) Nothing in this paragraph is intended to authorize any 
Federal official or employee to exercise supervision or control over 
education in, certification in, or the practice of medicine or the 
manner in which medical services are provided.''.
    (b) Application.--Paragraph (2) of section 303(f) of the Controlled 
Substances Act, as added by subsection (a)(3), applies beginning on the 
date that is 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--To carry out paragraph (2) of section 
        303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act, as added by subsection 
        (a)(3), there is authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for 
        each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013.
            (2) Offset.--There is authorized to be appropriated for 
        each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013 for public health leadership 
        and support programs and activities of the Centers for Disease 
        Control and Prevention--
                    (A) the amount appropriated for such programs and 
                activities for fiscal year 2011, reduced by
                    (B) $4,000,000.
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