[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3298 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3298

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the label 
of any drug containing an opiate to prominently state that addiction is 
                               possible.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 7, 2016

 Mrs. Shaheen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the label 
of any drug containing an opiate to prominently state that addiction is 
                               possible.

    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 ``Carl's Law''.

SEC. 2. LABELING REQUIREMENT TO ALERT ALL CONSUMERS OF OPIATES THAT 
              ADDICTION IS POSSIBLE.

    (a) Misbranding.--Section 502 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 352) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(dd) If it is a drug containing an opiate (as defined in section 
102 of the Controlled Substances Act) unless the label prominently 
states that the drug contains an opiate and addiction is possible.''.
    (b) Delayed Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
applies beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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