[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2085 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2085

   To delay for 6 months the requirement to use of tamper-resistant 
             prescription pads under the Medicaid program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2007

  Mr. Brown (for himself and Mr. Voinovich) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To delay for 6 months the requirement to use of tamper-resistant 
             prescription pads under the Medicaid program.

    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 ``Patient and Pharmacy Protection Act 
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. 6-MONTH DELAY IN REQUIREMENT TO USE TAMPER-RESISTANT 
              PRESCRIPTION PADS UNDER MEDICAID.

    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, 121 Sta. 
187), paragraph (2) of such section is amended by striking ``September 
30, 2007'' and inserting ``March 31, 2008''.
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