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II 114th CONGRESS2d Session S. 2578 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 24, 2016 Ms. Warren (for herself and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Controlled Substances Act to permit certain partial fillings of prescriptions.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016.

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Prescriptions

Section 309(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 829(a)) is amended— (1)by inserting (1) In general.— before Except; and (2)by adding at the end the following: (2)

Partial filling of prescriptions

(A)

In general

A prescription for a controlled substance in schedule II may be partially filled if— (i)it is requested by— (I)the practitioner that wrote the prescription by making a notation on the face of the written prescription, written record of the emergency oral prescription, or in the electronic prescription record; or (II)the patient; (ii)the pharmacist partially filling the prescription records the partial filling in the same manner as a filling of the prescription; (iii)the pharmacist partially filling the prescription updates the record each time the prescription is partially filled; (iv)the total quantity dispensed in all partial fillings does not exceed the total quantity prescribed; and (v)the pharmacist notifies the practitioner that wrote the prescription of each partial fill. (B)

Remaining portions

Remaining portions of a partially filled prescription— (i)may be filled; and (ii)must be exhausted prior to, or on the same date that such prescription, if fully filled, would have been exhausted..