To increase compliance with PDMP requirements by veterinarians, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8983 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8983 To increase compliance with PDMP requirements by veterinarians, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ 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.''.