MATE Act of 2019
Latest action · Dec 18, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 1, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medication Access and Training Expansion Act of 2019 or the MATE Act of 2019
This bill requires prescribers of controlled substances, as a condition of obtaining or renewing their registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration, to complete specified education or training on the prevention, treatment, and management of opioid-use and other substance-use disorders. This education and training shall also satisfy the training requirements currently needed to obtain waivers to prescribe certain medication-assisted treatments for opioid-use disorders in settings other than opioid treatment programs.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 1, 2019 to Jun 15, 2020; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Nov 1, 2019 |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Nov 1, 2019 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Nov 1, 2019 |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Original | Nov 1, 2019 |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Original | Nov 1, 2019 |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Original | Nov 1, 2019 |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Original | Nov 1, 2019 |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Original | Nov 1, 2019 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Nov 1, 2019 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Feb 6, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | Feb 7, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Feb 10, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Feb 10, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Feb 21, 2020 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Mar 5, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Mar 5, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jun 15, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Nov 1, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 4, 2019 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 1, 2019 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Dec 18, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Nov 4, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 1, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 1, 2019Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 174, November 1, 2019, page H8724.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-106 | COMBATING AN EPIDEMIC: LEGISLATION TO HELP PATIENTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DIS- SORDERS356 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Mar 3, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4640 | MATE Act of 2020 | Related bill | Sep 22, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Controlled Substances Act to require physicians and other prescribers of controlled substances to complete training on treating and managing patients with opioid and other substance use disorders (which shall also satisfy certain training required to receive a waiver for dispensing narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment), and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- MATE Act of 2019
- Medication Access and Training Expansion Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Alternative treatments
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug therapy
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Employment and training programs
- Health
- Health personnel
- Higher education
- Licensing and registrations
- Medical education
- Nursing
- Prescription drugs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
