[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2697 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2697

   To require the awareness campaign regarding the risk of abuse of 
   prescription opioids if such drugs are not taken as prescribed to 
             include information about dispensing options.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 18, 2018

Ms. Warren (for herself and Mrs. Capito) 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 require the awareness campaign regarding the risk of abuse of 
   prescription opioids if such drugs are not taken as prescribed to 
             include information about dispensing options.

    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 ``Unused Medications Awareness Act''.

SEC. 2. AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS.

    Section 102(b) of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 
2016 (Public Law 114-198) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; and'' and inserting 
        ``;'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) dispensing options under section 309(f) of the 
        Controlled Substances Act, as applicable.''.
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