VA Directly Returning Opioid Prescriptions Act

H.R. 4817 · 116th Congress · Oct 23, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities have physical locations for the disposal of controlled substances medications.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “VA Directly Returning Opioid Prescriptions Act”.

Sec. 2 Requirement for certain Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities to have physical location for the disposal of controlled substances medications

(a)

In general— The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that each covered Department medical facility has a physical location where patients may dispose of controlled substances medications.

(b)

Covered Department medical facility— In this section, the term “covered Department medical facility” means a medical facility with—

(1)

an on-site pharmacy; or

(2)

a law enforcement officer.

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Oct 23, 2019viewing Introduced in House Mr. Baird (for himself, Mr. Steube, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cook, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Banks, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Crow, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Pence, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Bost, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Mast, Mr. Case, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Allred, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Rose of New York, Mr. Golden, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Visclosky, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Luria, Mrs. Hartzler, Mrs. Miller, and Mr. Wenstrup) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

VA Directly Returning Opioid Prescriptions Act

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Requirement for certain Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities to have physical location for the disposal of controlled substances medications

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