[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 143 (Tuesday, September 25, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S12076]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              PATIENT AND PHARMACY PROTECTION ACT OF 2007

  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Finance Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 2085, 
and that the Senate then proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2085) to delay for 6 months the requirement to 
     use of tamper-resistant prescription pads under the Medicaid 
     program.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2085) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2085

       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 ``Patient and Pharmacy 
     Protection Act of 2007''.

     SEC. 2. 6-MONTH DELAY IN REQUIREMENT TO USE TAMPER-RESISTANT 
                   PRESCRIPTION PADS UNDER MEDICAID.

       Effective as if included in the enactment of section 
     7002(b) of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina 
     Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 
     (Public Law 110-28, 121 Sta. 187), paragraph (2) of such 
     section is amended by striking ``September 30, 2007'' and 
     inserting ``March 31, 2008''.

                          ____________________