Improving Access to Addiction Medicine Providers Act

The Improving Access to Addiction Medicine Providers Act would amend the Public Health Service Act to allow fellowships under the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) to be awarded for training in addiction medicine. In practical terms, it broadens the MFP to include addiction medicine as an eligible field for fellowships and adds related training in diagnosis to the program’s scope. The goal is to expand the workforce of qualified addiction medicine providers, with an emphasis on minority professionals, to improve access to addiction treatment and address disparities in care. The bill does not specify new funding; any funding would come through existing or future appropriations.