[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3753 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3753

  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain 
medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs have physical 
    locations for the disposal of controlled substances medications.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 2020

 Mr. Braun (for himself and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain 
medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs have physical 
    locations for the disposal of controlled substances medications.

    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 ``VA Directly Returning Opioid 
Prescriptions Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL 
              FACILITIES TO HAVE PHYSICAL LOCATION FOR THE DISPOSAL OF 
              CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES MEDICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure 
that each covered Department medical facility has a physical location 
where patients may dispose of controlled substances medications.
    (b) Covered Department Medical Facility.--In this section, the term 
``covered Department medical facility'' means a medical facility of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs with--
            (1) an on-site pharmacy; or
            (2) a law enforcement officer.
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