[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1151]
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SA 3375. Mr. REID (for Mrs. McCaskill (for herself and Mr. Blunt))
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Reid of NV to the
bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to
address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin
use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 601(b), add at the end the following:
(6) States without prescription drug monitoring programs.--
In the case of a State that does not have a prescription drug
monitoring program, a county or other unit of local
government within the State that has a prescription drug
monitoring program shall be treated as a State for purposes
of this section, including for purposes of eligibility for
grants under paragraph (1).
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