1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “VA Directly Returning Opioid Prescriptions Act”.
VA Directly Returning Opioid Prescriptions Act
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs have physical locations for the disposal of controlled substances medications.
2. Requirement for certain Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities to have physical location for the disposal of controlled substances medications
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.
Covered Department medical facility— In this section, the term covered Department medical facility means a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs with—
an on-site pharmacy; or
a law enforcement officer.