1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Act or the EPCS 2.0 Act . 2. Requirements for electronic-prescribing for controlled substances under group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage (a) Public Health Service Act amendment Section 2799A–7 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–117 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) Requirements for electronic-Prescribing for controlled substances (1) In general Except as provided pursuant to paragraph (2), for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage, with respect to a participating provider, as defined in section 2799–1(a)(3), shall have in place policies, subject to paragraph (4), that require any prescription for a schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance (as defined by section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) covered under the plan or coverage that is transmitted by such a health care practitioner for such a participant, beneficiary, or enrollee be electronically transmitted in accordance with such standards, consistent with standards established under paragraph (3) of section 1860D–4(e) of the Social Security Act, under an electronic prescription drug program that meets requirements that are substantially similar (as jointly determined by the Secretary, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of Labor) to the requirements of paragraph (2) of such section 1860D–4(e). (2) Exception for certain circumstances The Secretary, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of Labor shall jointly, through rulemaking, specify circumstances and processes by which the requirement under paragraph (1) may be waived, with respect to a schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance that is a prescription drug covered by a group health plan or group or individual health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer, including in the