Freedom to Heal Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a federal registration pathway that lets physicians administer Schedule I investigational drugs to eligible patients under Right to Try. It would require Attorney General registration, set possession limits, and phase in oversight rules for applications and security.
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- Eligible patients: Would gain a federally supervised route to receive Schedule I investigational drugs from registered physicians under the Right to Try definitions in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
- Physicians and clinics: Would need Attorney General registration with documentation of state authority, training, site security, sponsor verification, and the quantity to be held. The Attorney General must approve or issue a show-cause order within 45 days.
- Federal oversight and sponsors: The Attorney General would run electronic submissions, limit possessory quantities to approved amounts or notified increases, allow single registrations for related sites in the same city or county, and must issue an interim final rule within 240 days and a final rule within 2 years.
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Doctors could give experimental Schedule I drugs
This bill would let licensed physicians apply to the U.S. Attorney General to register to give certain experimental Schedule I drugs to eligible Right to Try patients. Applications would be submitted electronically and would need proof of a valid Schedules II–V controlled substance registration, sponsor documentation that the drug is an eligible investigational drug and will be supplied with administration guidance, the quantity to be supplied, evidence state law allows the treatment, the physician's training and credentials, and a description of the storage and administration site. The Attorney General would have 45 days after a complete application to register the physician or issue an order to show cause. Doctors could only possess the drug amounts listed in their application or an approved supplemental notice (supplementals are deemed approved 30 days after filing unless an order to show cause is issued). One registration could cover related sites in the same city or county under the same institution if each site is reported before treatment. The Attorney General would have to issue an interim final rule within 240 days after enactment and a final rule no later than two years after that interim rule.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
PA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
SC • R
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Crenshaw
TX • R
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
MI • R
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8]
TX • R
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
WI • R
Sponsored 12/15/2025
Elfreth
MD • D
Sponsored 12/15/2025
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Wied
WI • R
Sponsored 1/7/2026
Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
WI • R
Sponsored 1/12/2026
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 2/4/2026
Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 2/23/2026
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 3/27/2026
Roll Call Votes
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