II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2013 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 3, 2007 Mr. Brown (for himself and Mr. Voinovich) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To initially apply the required use of tamper-resistant prescription pads under the Medicaid Program to schedule II narcotic drugs and to delay the application of the requirement to other prescription drugs for 18 months.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Patient and Pharmacy Protection Act of 2007.

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Phased-in requirement to use tamper-resistant prescription pads under Medicaid; initial application to schedule II narcotic drugs

Effective as if included in the enactment of section 7002(b) of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 110–28), paragraph (2) of such section is amended to read as follows: (2)

Phased-in application

The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall apply— (A)with respect to covered outpatient drugs (as defined in section 1927(k)(2)) which are narcotic drugs included in schedule II of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812), to prescriptions for such drugs executed after September 30, 2007; and (B)with respect to any other covered outpatient drugs (as so defined), to prescriptions executed after March 31, 2009. .