[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 273 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 273

Expressing the sense of the Congress that any comprehensive health care 
 reform measure should ensure that extemporaneous compounding is made 
 available to provide allergen-free medications for persons who suffer 
        from severe food allergies or other medical conditions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 1994

 Mr. Barca of Wisconsin submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that any comprehensive health care 
 reform measure should ensure that extemporaneous compounding is made 
 available to provide allergen-free medications for persons who suffer 
        from severe food allergies or other medical conditions.

Whereas studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicate that 
        an estimated 8 percent of all children in the United States and as many 
        as 2 percent of all adults in the United States suffer from food 
        allergies;
Whereas the severity of allergic reactions associated with food allergies ranges 
        from minor skin rashes and low-grade fevers to respiratory failure, 
        brain damage, and death;
Whereas common allergens such as corn, peanuts, soybeans, gum, and dyes are 
        frequently used in most versions of pharmaceutical products in the 
        United States;
Whereas pharmaceutical products have yielded great benefits in the treatment and 
        prevention of illness and other medical conditions;
Whereas persons with severe food allergies are often unable to locate 
        prescription medication that does not contain ingredients to which they 
        are allergic;
Whereas pharmacists may use the process of extemporaneous compounding to custom 
        formulate medications for persons with specific medical needs, if the 
        pharmacists obtain the active ingredients for the medications from a 
        pharmaceutical company; and
Whereas persons who are allergic to ingredients in prescription medication often 
        find it difficult to locate a pharmacist to provide the service of 
        extemporaneous compounding: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that any comprehensive health care 
reform measure enacted by the Congress should include provisions to 
ensure that extemporaneous compounding is made available to provide 
allergen-free medications for persons who suffer from severe food 
allergies, or other medical conditions, that make them unable to 
utilize other, commercially available, medications.
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