,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hihc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ba1 #bjbf,mr4  
,mills introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
increase compliance with ,,pdmp         
requirements by veterinarians1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,practitioner 
,enforcement and ,tracking of           
,substances ,act or the ,,pets ,act4    
#b4 ,increasing compliance with ,,pdmp  
requirements  7a7 ,increasing compliance
 by veterinarians  7#a7 ,in general     
,section #cii,o7h77#a7 of the ,public   
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bhj;g-#c7;h77#a77 is amended-- 7,a7 by 
striking ,nothing in this section and   
inserting the following3  7#a7 ,in      
general ,except as specified in         
paragraph 7#b71 nothing in this section 
2 and  7,b7 by adding at the end the    
following3  7#b7 ,veterinary patients   
7,a7 ,in general ,paragraph 7#a7 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 patient1
 if-- 7i7 the prescribing or dispensing 
practitioner is a veterinarian licensed 
in such ,state2 and  7ii7 the patient to
 whom the controlled substance is       
prescribed or dispensed is a veterinary 
patient4  7,b7 ,information to be       
reported ,a veterinarian described in   
subparagraph 7,a7 shall report to the   
,,pdmp1 in lieu of information required 
under this section relating to the      
veterinary patient involved1 such       
information relating to the owner or    
primary caretaker of the veterinary     
patient4  4  7#b7  ,definition of       
dispenser  ,section #cii,o7k77#c7 of the
 ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #bhj;g-#c7k77#c77 is amended  
by striking physician1 and inserting    
physician1 veterinarian14  7#c7 ,sense  
of ,congress ,it is the sense of        
,congress that1 notwithstanding ,state  

law1 a veterinarian is required to      
comply with the requirements of section 
#cii,o of the ,public ,health ,service  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhj;g-#c7 with     
respect to consulting the ,,pdmp 7as    
defined in section #cii,o7k7 of the     
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bhj;g-#c7k777 prior to       
prescribing any controlled substance1   
and reporting any dispensing of a       
controlled substance to the ,,pdmp to   
the same extent as any other            
practitioner 7as defined in subsection  
7k7 of such section7 is required to     
comply with such requirements4  7b7     
,reporting of non-,fatal overdoses      
,section #cii,o7b7 of the ,public       
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bhj;g-#c7;b77 is amended--  7#a7 in    
paragraph 7#e71 by striking and at the  
end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#f71 by        
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#g7 the        
reporting to the ,,pdmp by each         

prescribing or dispensing practitioner1 
or their designee1 of any instance of a 
non-fatal overdose event that required  
intervention by such practitioner 7or   
designee71 not later than #gb hours     
after such overdose event occurred4  4  
7c7 ,drug misuse and abuse ,section     
#cii,o7c77#b7 of the ,public ,health    
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#bhj;g-#c7;c77#b77 is amended by        
striking may and inserting shall4