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119-s-3048119th CongressWALLET

TREATS Act

Sponsored By: Senator Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

Introduced

Summary

Expands telehealth-based prescribing for FDA-approved substance use disorder medications. This bill would allow remote practitioners to perform defined "telehealth evaluations" using two-way audio or audio-and-video systems when prescribing certain Schedule III, IV, or V drugs approved to treat substance use disorder, while still requiring at least one in-person medical evaluation as part of the process.

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  • Patients: Would make it easier to get SUD medications by allowing remote evaluations, including audio-only, which may reduce travel and scheduling barriers.
  • Clinicians: Would let a practitioner located away from the patient use the telecommunications systems referenced in section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act to complete the medical evaluation when prescribing eligible SUD medicines.
  • Rules and compliance: Adds a specific definition of "telehealth evaluation" tied to two-way, real-time audio or video and requires that evaluations conform to applicable Federal and State laws.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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Telehealth for addiction medication prescriptions

This bill would require at least one in-person medical exam as part of the evaluation to get a controlled-substance prescription. It would add a new definition of a "telehealth evaluation" as a remote medical exam by a practitioner who follows federal and state law. For Schedule III, IV, and V drugs that the FDA approves to treat substance use disorder, it would allow one telehealth visit to count for prescribing. Telehealth could use audio-only or two-way audio-and-video systems, and the distant practitioner would be remote and not a pharmacist. If enacted, these changes would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

AK • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]

    AK • R

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]

    VT • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 10/23/2025

  • Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 10/27/2025

  • Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 1/6/2026

  • Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]

    MT • R

    Sponsored 6/16/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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