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[H.R. 4599 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 430
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4599

                          [Report No. 114-556]

   To amend the Controlled Substances Act to permit certain partial 
                       fillings of prescriptions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2016

Ms. Clark of Massachusetts (for herself and Mr. Stivers) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

                              May 10, 2016

Additional sponsors: Mr. Tonko, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Courtney, 
   Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Foster, Mr. Rogers of 
   Kentucky, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Guinta, Ms. Matsui, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
    Keating, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Turner, and Ms. McSally

                              May 10, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 24, 2016]


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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Controlled Substances Act to permit certain partial 
                       fillings of prescriptions.


 


    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 ``Reducing Unused Medications Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. PARTIAL FILLS OF SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

    (a) In General.--Section 309 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 829) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Partial Fills of Schedule II Controlled Substances.--
            ``(1) Partial fills.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A prescription for a controlled 
                substance in schedule II may be partially filled if--
                            ``(i) it is not prohibited by State law;
                            ``(ii) the prescription is written and 
                        filled in accordance with the Controlled 
                        Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), 
                        regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, 
                        and State law;
                            ``(iii) the partial fill is requested by 
                        the patient or the practitioner that wrote the 
                        prescription; and
                            ``(iv) the total quantity dispensed in all 
                        partial fillings does not exceed the total 
                        quantity prescribed.
                    ``(B) Other circumstances.--A prescription for a 
                controlled substance in schedule II may be partially 
                filled in accordance with section 1306.13 of title 21, 
                Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 
                of enactment of the Reducing Unused Medications Act of 
                2016).
            ``(2) Remaining portions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), remaining portions of a partially 
                filled prescription for a controlled substance in 
                schedule II--
                            ``(i) may be filled; and
                            ``(ii) shall be filled not later than 30 
                        days after the date on which the prescription 
                        is written.
                    ``(B) Emergency situations.--In emergency 
                situations, as described in subsection (a), the 
                remaining portions of a partially filled prescription 
                for a controlled substance in schedule II--
                            ``(i) may be filled; and
                            ``(ii) shall be filled not later than 72 
                        hours after the prescription is issued.''.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to affect the authority of the Attorney General to allow a 
prescription for a controlled substance in schedule III, IV, or V of 
section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)) to 
be partially filled.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 430

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4599

                          [Report No. 114-556]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To amend the Controlled Substances Act to permit certain partial 
                       fillings of prescriptions.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 10, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed