[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 70 (Thursday, April 22, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2181-S2182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1459. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Tester) 
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 957, 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; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     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.

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       ``(2) Public information campaigns.--The Secretary may 
     carry out public information campaigns regarding the periods 
     designated under paragraph (1).''.

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