[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1311 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1311

  Expressing support for the charitable collection and good samaritan 
   distribution to uninsured, low-income Americans of Food and Drug 
   Administration-approved, medically appropriate, non-expired, non-
narcotic prescription medications by non-profit organizations licensed 
                     to dispense such medications.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2010

     Mr. Cohen (for himself and Mr. Farr) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
 and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing support for the charitable collection and good samaritan 
   distribution to uninsured, low-income Americans of Food and Drug 
   Administration-approved, medically appropriate, non-expired, non-
narcotic prescription medications by non-profit organizations licensed 
                     to dispense such medications.

Whereas millions of Americans are uninsured or underinsured;
Whereas millions of Americans struggle daily to manage their health including 
        serious chronic diseases like asthma, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, 
        stroke, and arthritis;
Whereas over 100,000,000 Americans have incomes below 200 percent of the Federal 
        poverty level and cannot afford essential medications;
Whereas billions of dollars worth of in-date, usable medicine is unnecessarily 
        wasted in the United States health care system each year; and
Whereas pharmaceutical manufacturers' humanitarianism and philanthropy expresses 
        itself in billions of dollars annually in medication that assists low-
        income Americans: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) encourages pharmaceutical manufacturers, health care 
        professionals, and institutions providing health care to make 
        charitable donations of Food and Drug Administration-approved, 
        medically appropriate, non-expired, non-narcotic prescription 
        medications to non-profit organizations whose primary mission 
        is to fill prescriptions for low-income Americans;
            (2) supports exempting pharmaceutical companies from civil 
        or criminal liability arising from the donation of medications 
        that the pharmaceutical companies donate in good faith to non-
        profit organizations for ultimate distribution to needy 
        individuals, assuming there is no gross negligence or 
        intentional misconduct on the part of the pharmaceutical 
        company; and
            (3) encourages the Secretary of the Department of Health 
        and Human Services to convene a working group of appropriate 
        officers and employees of the Department of Health and Human 
        Services to develop plans to facilitate the creation and 
        operation of non-profit organizations able to achieve the goals 
        of this resolution.
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