HR238-119

Introduced

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify that artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies can qualify as a practitioner eligible to prescribe drugs if authorized by the State involved and approved, cleared, or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, and for other purposes.

119th Congress Introduced Jan 7, 2025

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify that artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies can qualify as a practitioner eligible to prescribe drugs if authorized by the State involved and approved, cleared, or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Technology, Agriculture.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H67FE421FC59545C99118B8CE99141292: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthy Technology Act of 2025.
  • Section HEF54169BA5E14ECF84D9CB4151A2DB5F: 2. Prescription of drugs by artificial intelligence or machine learning technologies Section 503(b) of Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b))...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify that artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies can qualify as a practitioner eligible to prescribe drugs if authorized by the State involved and approved, cleared, or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Technology, Agriculture

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify that artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies can qualify as a practitioner eligible to prescribe drugs if authorized by the State involved and approved, cleared, or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Technology Agriculture

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies:
health care providers and patients:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 7, 2025

Mr. Schweikert introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Technology Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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