[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4490 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4490

   To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize pharmacies to 
deliver certain controlled substances to an administering practitioner 
  in lieu of delivering such substances to the ultimate user, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 6, 2023

 Mr. Guthrie (for himself, Ms. Matsui, and Ms. Kuster) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
  Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize pharmacies to 
deliver certain controlled substances to an administering practitioner 
  in lieu of delivering such substances to the ultimate user, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DELIVERY OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES BY A PHARMACY TO AN 
              ADMINISTERING PRACTITIONER.

    Paragraph (2) of section 309A(a) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 829a(a)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) the controlled substance is a drug in schedule III, 
        IV, or V that is, pursuant to the approval or licensure of such 
        drug under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or section 
        351 of the Public Health Service Act, to be administered by, or 
        under the supervision of, the practitioner;''.
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