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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8983 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8983
To increase compliance with PDMP requirements by veterinarians, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 21, 2026
Mr. Mills introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To increase compliance with PDMP requirements by veterinarians, and for
other purposes.
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 ``Practitioner Enforcement and
Tracking of Substances Act'' or the ``PETS Act''.
SEC. 2. INCREASING COMPLIANCE WITH PDMP REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Increasing Compliance by Veterinarians.--
(1) In general.--Section 399O(h)(1) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-3(h)(1)) is amended--
(A) by striking ``Nothing in this section'' and
inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--Except as specified in paragraph (2),
nothing in this section''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Veterinary patients.--
``(A) In general.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply
with respect to the authority of a State to prohibit
reporting to the PDMP of the dispensing of a controlled
substance to a minor patient, if--
``(i) the prescribing or dispensing
practitioner is a veterinarian licensed in such
State; and
``(ii) the patient to whom the controlled
substance is prescribed or dispensed is a
veterinary patient.
``(B) Information to be reported.--A veterinarian
described in subparagraph (A) shall report to the PDMP,
in lieu of information required under this section
relating to the veterinary patient involved, such
information relating to the owner or primary caretaker
of the veterinary patient.''.
(2) Definition of dispenser.--Section 399O(k)(3) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-3(k)(3)) is amended
by striking ``physician,'' and inserting ``physician,
veterinarian,''.
(3) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that,
notwithstanding State law, a veterinarian is required to comply
with the requirements of section 399O of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-3) with respect to consulting the
PDMP (as defined in section 399O(k) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-3(k))) prior to prescribing any
controlled substance, and reporting any dispensing of a
controlled substance to the PDMP to the same extent as any
other practitioner (as defined in subsection (k) of such
section) is required to comply with such requirements.
(b) Reporting of Non-Fatal Overdoses.--Section 399O(b) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-3(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(7) the reporting to the PDMP by each prescribing or
dispensing practitioner, or their designee, of any instance of
a non-fatal overdose event that required intervention by such
practitioner (or designee), not later than 72 hours after such
overdose event occurred.''.
(c) Drug Misuse and Abuse.--Section 399O(c)(2) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-3(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``may'' and
inserting ``shall''.
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