[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3257 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3257

 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to lengthen the period of time 
 during which certain controlled substances must be administered to a 
   patient after being delivered by a pharmacy to the administering 
                             practitioner.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2021

  Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to lengthen the period of time 
 during which certain controlled substances must be administered to a 
   patient after being delivered by a pharmacy to the administering 
                             practitioner.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY A PHARMACY TO AN 
              ADMINISTERING PRACTITIONER.

    Section 309A of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 829a) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ``14 days'' and 
        inserting ``60 days''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1);
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
                paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
                    (C) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, by 
                striking ``the Attorney General,'' and all that follows 
                and inserting the following: ``the Attorney General may 
                modify the number of days described in subsection 
                (a)(5) if the Secretary determines that the 
                modification will--
                    ``(A) reduce the risk of diversion; or
                    ``(B) protect the public health.''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by 
                striking ``7 days'' and inserting ``14 days''.
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