Improving Access to Addiction Medicine Providers Act
Sponsored By: Senator Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced
Summary
Would expand the Minority Fellowship Program to include addiction medicine training. It would amend Section 597 of the Public Health Service Act to add the word "diagnosis" and to list "addiction medicine" as an eligible field, explicitly authorizing fellowships that train professionals in addiction medicine.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Addiction medicine fellowships for minority trainees
If enacted, the Minority Fellowship Program would be able to fund fellowships in addiction medicine. It would support training to diagnose and treat addiction. Addiction medicine would be listed alongside psychiatry for fellowship awards. The bill does not set new funding or an effective date.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Cornyn, John [R-TX]
TX • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 3/13/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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