US Congress Senate Bill 2578 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 24 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow a pharmacist to partially fill a prescription for a schedule II controlled substance (such as a prescription opioid painkiller) at the request of a prescribing practitioner or patient. A pharmacist must record the partial filling in the same manner as a full filling, update the record with each partially filled prescription, and notify the prescribing practitioner. The total quantity dispensed in partial fillings must not exceed the total quantity prescribed. The remaining portion of a partially filled prescription may be filled and must be exhausted prior to, or on the same date that such prescription, if fully filled, would have been exhausted.

Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016

Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]

Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB4599 (Same As) 2016-05-12 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2578/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2578/BILLS-114s2578is.pdf