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Introduced in House (10/23/2019)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4817


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.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 23, 2019

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


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.

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

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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