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[S. 957 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.957

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty one


                                 An Act


 
   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. DESIGNATION OF PERIODS DURING WHICH ANY INDIVIDUAL MAY 
DISPOSE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES MEDICATIONS AT FACILITIES OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
    Section 3009 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans 
Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-315; 
38 U.S.C. 8110 note) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsection (b) and (c) as subsections (c) 
    and (d), respectively; and
        (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
    subsection (b):
    ``(b) Designation of Periods for Any Individual to Dispose of 
Medication.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall designate periods during 
    which any individual may dispose of controlled substances 
    medications at a covered Department medical facility.
        ``(2) Public information campaigns.--The Secretary may carry 
    out public information campaigns regarding the periods designated 
    under paragraph (1).''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.