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H.R. 3692: Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017

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H.R. 3692: Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-09-07 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-09-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017

Plain summary

Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise the qualifications required for a practitioner to administer, dispense, or prescribe narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment in an office-based opioid treatment program. It increases the maximum patient limit for a qualifying practitioner who meets certain requirements. The maximum patient limit is the maximum number of patients a qualifying practitioner can treat at one time. The bill expands qualifying practitioners to include additional nonphysician practitioners: clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and certified nurse midwives. It makes permanent the authorization for certain nonphysician practitioners to become qualifying practitioners.

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Official text

Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] · 49 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Darren Soto (D-FL), John B. Larson (D-CT), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), André Carson (D-IN), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3692 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115