119-s946

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 946 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 946

 To clarify training requirements for prescribers of controlled 
 substances.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025

Mr. Bennet (for himself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
 Education, Labor, and Pensions

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 A BILL

 To clarify training requirements for prescribers of controlled 
 substances.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Medication Access and Training 
Expansion Improvement Act'' or the ``MATE Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRED TRAINING FOR PRESCRIBERS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

    (a) In General.--

Section 303 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 823) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating the second subsection designated as 
 subsection
            (l) as subsection
            (m) ; and

    (2) in subsection
            (m) (1) , as so redesignated--
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A) --
            (i) in clause
            (iv) --
            (I) in subclause
            (I) --

    (aa) by inserting ``the 
 American Academy of Family 
 Physicians, the American 
 Podiatric Medical Association, 
 the Academy of General 
 Dentistry, the American 
 Optometric Association,'' 
 before ``or any other 
 organization'';

    (bb) by striking ``or the 
 Commission'' and inserting ``, 
 the Commission''; and
            (cc) by inserting ``, or 
 the Council on Podiatric 
 Medical Education'' before the 
 semicolon at the end; and
            (II) in subclause
            (III) , by 
 inserting ``or the American Academy of 
 Family Physicians'' after 
 ``Association''; and
            (ii) in clause
            (v) , in the matter preceding 
 subclause
            (I) --
            (I) by striking ``osteopathic 
 medicine, dental surgery'' and 
 inserting ``osteopathic medicine, 
 podiatric medicine, dental surgery''; 
 and
            (II) by striking ``or dental 
 medicine curriculum'' and inserting 
 ``or dental or podiatric medicine 
 curriculum''; and
        (B) in subparagraph
        (B) --
            (i) in clause
            (i) --
            (I) by inserting ``the American 
 Pharmacists Association, the 
 Accreditation Council on Pharmacy 
 Education, the American Psychiatric 
 Nurses Association, the American 
 Academy of Nursing, the American 
 Academy of Family Physicians,'' before 
 ``or any other organization''; and
            (II) by inserting ``, the American 
 Academy of Family Physicians,'' before 
 ``or the Accreditation Council''; and
            (ii) in clause
            (ii) --
            (I) by striking ``or accredited 
 school'' and inserting ``, an 
 accredited school''; and
            (II) by inserting ``, or an 
 accredited school of pharmacy'' before 
 ``in the United States''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection

    (a) shall 
take effect as if enacted on December 29, 2022.
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