; and (2) in subparagraph (I)— (A) in clause (i), by striking or at the end; (B) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and (C) by inserting after clause (i) the following: (ii) permits a qualifying practitioner to dispense drugs in schedule III, IV, or V, or combinations of such drugs, for maintenance or detoxification treatment in accordance with this paragraph to a total number of patients that is more than the total number applicable to the qualifying practitioner under subparagraph (B)(ii)(II), including an unlimited number, if the State— (I) enacts a law authorizing such dispensing to that increased total number, or unlimited number, of patients; (II) before the increased total number or elimination of a limit goes into effect in the State, directs the applicable State agency or regulatory board to adopt statewide regulations governing the use of medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of opioid dependence or for the prevention of relapse to opioid dependence, consistent with nationally recognized evidence-based guidelines produced by a national or international medical professional association, public health entity, or governmental body with the aim of ensuring the appropriate use of evidence to guide individual diagnostic and therapeutic clinical decisions, including the National Practice Guidelines For the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use issued by the American Society of Addiction Medicine; and (III) notifies the Attorney General of the increased total number or elimination of a limit; or . (b) Repeal of requirement To update regulations Section 303 of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–198