US Congress House Bill 4974 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-3)
Status: Introduced on November 1 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires prescribers of controlled substances, as a condition of obtaining or renewing their registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration, to complete specified education or training on the prevention, treatment, and management of opioid-use and other substance-use disorders. This education and training shall also satisfy the training requirements currently needed to obtain waivers to prescribe certain medication-assisted treatments for opioid-use disorders in settings other than opioid treatment programs.

MATE Act of 2019 Medication Access and Training Expansion Act of 2019

Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Max Rose [D-NY]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]
Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-11-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-11-01	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-11-01	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-11-01	House	Introduced in House

SB4640 (Related) 2020-09-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4974/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4974/BILLS-116hr4974ih.pdf