3.0.0 2578 2023-01-11T13:31:59Z 2023-01-11T13:31:59Z Senate S 2016-02-24 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-02-24T21:47:26Z Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016 114 4599 HR 2016-05-12 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2016-02-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2016-02-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. N C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2016-02-24 True Crime and Law Enforcement Drug trafficking and controlled substances Health information and medical records Prescription drugs Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2016-02-24 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-22T13:40:06Z 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 Display Title Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to permit certain partial fillings of prescriptions. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2578is/xml/BILLS-114s2578is.xml 2016-02-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.