,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ceej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ad1 
#bjbc,mr4 ,bennet 7for himself and ,ms4 
,collins7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
clarify training requirements for       
prescribers of controlled substances4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,medication ,access and         
,training ,expansion ,improvement ,act  
or the ,,mate ,improvement ,act4  #b4   
,required training for prescribers of   
controlled substances  7a7 ,in general  
,section #cjc of the ,controlled        
,substances ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hbc7 is
 amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating the    
second subsection designated as         
subsection 7l7 as subsection 7m72 and   
7#b7 in subsection 7m77#a71 as so       
redesignated-- 7,a7 in subparagraph     
7,a7-- 7i7 in clause 7iv7-- 7,i7 in     
subclause 7,i7-- 7aa7 by inserting the  

,american ,academy of ,family           
,physicians1 the ,american ,podiatric   
,medical ,association1 the ,academy of  
,general ,dentistry1 the ,american      
,optometric ,association1 before or any 
other organization2  7bb7 by striking or
 the ,commission and inserting 1 the    
,commission2 and  7cc7 by inserting 1 or
 the ,council on ,podiatric ,medical    
,education before the semicolon at the  
end2 and  7,,ii7 in subclause 7,,iii71  
by inserting or the ,american ,academy  
of ,family ,physicians after            
,association2 and  7ii7 in clause 7v71  
in the matter preceding subclause 7,i7--
 7,i7 by striking osteopathic medicine1 
dental surgery and inserting osteopathic
 medicine1 podiatric medicine1 dental   
surgery2 and  7,,ii7 by striking or     
dental medicine curriculum and inserting
 or dental or podiatric medicine        
curriculum2 and  7,b7 in subparagraph   
7,b7-- 7i7 in clause 7i7-- 7,i7 by      
inserting the ,american ,pharmacists    
,association1 the ,accreditation        

,council on ,pharmacy ,education1 the   
,american ,psychiatric ,nurses          
,association1 the ,american ,academy of 
,nursing1 the ,american ,academy of     
,family ,physicians1 before or any other
 organization2 and  7,,ii7 by inserting 
1 the ,american ,academy of ,family     
,physicians1 before or the              
,accreditation ,council2 and  7ii7 in   
clause 7ii7-- 7,i7 by striking or       
accredited school and inserting 1 an    
accredited school2 and  7,,ii7 by       
inserting 1 or an accredited school of  
pharmacy before in the ,united ,states4 
7b7 ,effective ,date ,the amendments    
made by subsection 7a7 shall take effect
 as if enacted on ,december #bi1 #bjbb4