This part changes an older law about training health workers. It adds the word diagnosis to what the training covers. It also adds addiction medicine to a list of fields.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 202 in the PDF
What the document says
“in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``diagnosis,'' after ``related to''”
The section amends section 597(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act by inserting the word diagnosis after the words related to.
What the document actually says
“in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``diagnosis,'' after ``related to''”
That sentence, in plain words
One word is added to an older law. The word is diagnosis. It goes right after the words related to.
What this is about
A diagnosis is a doctor naming what is wrong. Adding the word means the work covers finding the problem, not only treating it.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 202 in the PDF
What the document says
“in subsection (b), by inserting ``addiction medicine,'' after ``psychiatry,''”
The section amends section 597(b) of the Public Health Service Act by inserting the words addiction medicine after the word psychiatry.
What the document actually says
“in subsection (b), by inserting ``addiction medicine,'' after ``psychiatry,''”
That sentence, in plain words
Two words are added to a list. The words are addiction medicine. They go right after psychiatry.
What this is about
Addiction medicine is its own field of practice. Naming it in the list means doctors in that field count for this program.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, Public Law 119-44, sec. 202, 139 Stat. 680 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ44/html/PLAW-119publ44.htm
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“Improving Access to Addiction Medicine Providers,” Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, section 202. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-44/section-202/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out
The two wording changes the section makes to section 597 of the Public Health Service Act.
Nothing. The section makes two changes and both are recorded here.
The section works by amending section 597 of the Public Health Service Act, which is not indexed here, so nothing is recorded about the program that section creates or about the list the words addiction medicine are added to.
