[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1830 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1830
To clarify that agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services
do not have the authority to regulate the practice of medicine.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 21, 2025
Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To clarify that agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services
do not have the authority to regulate the practice of medicine.
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 ``Right to Treat Act''.
SEC. 2. SCOPE OF AUTHORITIES.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b) and notwithstanding any
other provision of law--
(1) no Federal agency, including the Food and Drug
Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall have the
authority to regulate the practice of medicine; and
(2) no Federal law, rule, regulation, or policy shall
prohibit or restrict the prescription or disbursement for an
unapproved use of any drug that is approved by the Food and
Drug Administration, or that is available pursuant to section
561B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
360bbb-0a).
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed
to affect any Federal law, rule, regulation, or policy that restricts
abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, mercy killing, coercive family
planning, female genital mutilation, or gender transition medical
interventions.
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