Safe Prescribing Reporting Bill
Official: Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025
IntroducedMay 23, 2025
Why This Matters
This bill lets states access information about medications for substance use disorders to help monitor prescriptions. It aims to improve safety and accountability in prescribing these medications.
If you take medication for a substance use disorder, your prescription information could be shared with state monitoring programs.
Affects: People who use medications for substance use disorders and their healthcare providers will be affected.
What changes is this bill making?
1. This bill allows sharing of records about substance use disorder medications. 2. States can access these records through their prescription drug monitoring programs. 3. The sharing of records must follow state laws. 4. This aims to improve tracking of medications for substance use disorders. 5. It updates the Public Health Service Act to include these changes.
Who is affected?
People who use medications for substance use disorders and their healthcare providers will be affected.