PETS Act

[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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