MATE Improvement Act
Sponsored By: Senator Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced
Summary
Expands which healthcare organizations can sponsor and shape prescriber training for controlled substances. It broadens the list of recognized professional groups and adds podiatric medicine, pharmacy, and nursing curricula to approved training.
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- Prescribers: Family physicians, podiatrists, dentists, optometrists, pharmacists, and nurses gain more approved training pathways and curricula that reflect podiatric and pharmacy practice.
- Training organizations and schools: The bill names new recognized groups such as the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Podiatric Medical Association, the American Pharmacists Association, and nursing organizations. It also allows accredited schools of pharmacy to be listed and applies these changes retroactively to December 29, 2022.
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More training options for prescribers
If enacted, prescribers could get required controlled-substance training from more kinds of schools and professional societies. The bill would add podiatric medicine to approved curricula and explicitly allow accredited schools of pharmacy to qualify. It would let additional groups sponsor or endorse training, including the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Podiatric Medical Association, Academy of General Dentistry, American Optometric Association, American Pharmacists Association, Accreditation Council on Pharmacy Education, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, and American Academy of Nursing. The changes would apply retroactively, as if enacted on December 29, 2022. This would expand training choices and could improve prescribing safety, but it would not directly change household taxes or benefit payments.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
CO • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
ME • R
Sponsored 3/11/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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