What did Congress eliminate on December 29, 2022?

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The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, signed December 29, 2022, eliminated the X-waiver requirement for prescribing buprenorphine, ending the DATA 2000 waiver program. Previously, doctors needed special DEA registration, completed training hours, and faced patient caps (100 patients maximum). The elimination removed all patient limits and streamlined prescribing to just a standard DEA registration. Starting June 27, 2023, practitioners must complete 8 hours of substance use disorder training once—at initial registration or renewal. This matters because bureaucratic barriers had artificially limited buprenorphine access even as overdose deaths soared. Removing the waiver let any DEA-registered doctor prescribe life-saving medication without special permission, expanding treatment capacity nationwide.

What did Congress eliminate on December 29, 2022?

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