What This Bill Does · Plain English
Summary · Congress.gov
Right to Treat Act This bill specifies that no federal agency has the authority to regulate the practice of medicine. It further specifies that no federal law or policy may prohibit or restrict prescriptions for an unapproved (i.e., off-label) use of a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The bill does not affect any federal restrictions on specified topics, including abortion, assisted suicide, and gender transition.
Action Timeline
2026-03-19
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
2025-05-21
Introduced in Senate
2025-05-21
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Did S.1830 pass?
S.1830 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: pending.
What does S.1830 do?
Right to Treat Act This bill specifies that no federal agency has the authority to regulate the practice of medicine. It further specifies that no federal law or policy may prohibit or restrict prescriptions for an unapproved (i.e., off-label) use of a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The bill does not affect any federal restrictions on specified topics, including abortion, assisted suicide, and gender transition.
Who sponsored S.1830?
S.1830 was sponsored by Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin).
Full Bill Text
119 S1830 IS: Right to Treat Act U.S. Senate 2025-05-21 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1830 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 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Right to Treat Act . 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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