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 completed not fewer than 24 hours of prescribed initial training, or has other training or experience as specified, and is supervised by, or works in collaboration with, a qualifying physician, if the nurse practitioner or physician assistant is required by state law to prescribe medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder in collaboration with or under the supervision of a physician.
California SB 554 (20172018) — Nurse practitioners: physician assistants: buprenorphine.
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 completed not fewer than 24 hours of prescribed initial training, or has other training or experience as specified, and is supervised by, or works in collaboration with, a qualifying physician, if the nurse practitioner or physician assistant is required by state law to prescribe medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder in collaboration with or under the supervision of a physician.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2017-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-03-28 Set for hearing April 17.
2017-04-13 April 17 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-04-13 Set for hearing April 24.
2017-04-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-04-25 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 825.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 909.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-05-26 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2017-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-06-22 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-06-22 Ordered to second reading.
2017-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2577.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-18 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-08-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-08-24 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2232.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 242, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f45b69a-9835-4220-bf57-26f0add80fe5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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