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To increase compliance with PDMP requirements by veterinarians, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires veterinarians to comply with Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) requirements to check patient records before prescribing controlled substances and to report their dispensing of controlled substances to the PDMP. When reporting on veterinary patients, veterinarians report information about the animal's owner or caretaker instead of the animal patient. The bill also requires all prescribing and dispensing practitioners to report non-fatal overdose events that required their intervention to the PDMP within 72 hours of the event. The bill changes PDMP drug misuse and abuse tracking from voluntary to mandatory for practitioners.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7] (R-FL)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Cory Mills’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $11,592
- FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY $10,000
- ECS $6,600
- PIONEER JETS $6,600
- ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SIMULATIONS $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Cory Mills → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- May 21, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- May 21, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 21, 2026
Mr. Mills introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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”. <all>
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