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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4599 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4599

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 12, 2016

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT

 
   To amend the Controlled Substances Act to permit certain partial 
                       fillings of prescriptions.

    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 ``Reducing Unused Medications Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. PARTIAL FILLS OF SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

    (a) In General.--Section 309 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 829) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Partial Fills of Schedule II Controlled Substances.--
            ``(1) Partial fills.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A prescription for a controlled 
                substance in schedule II may be partially filled if--
                            ``(i) it is not prohibited by State law;
                            ``(ii) the prescription is written and 
                        filled in accordance with the Controlled 
                        Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), 
                        regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, 
                        and State law;
                            ``(iii) the partial fill is requested by 
                        the patient or the practitioner that wrote the 
                        prescription; and
                            ``(iv) the total quantity dispensed in all 
                        partial fillings does not exceed the total 
                        quantity prescribed.
                    ``(B) Other circumstances.--A prescription for a 
                controlled substance in schedule II may be partially 
                filled in accordance with section 1306.13 of title 21, 
                Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 
                of enactment of the Reducing Unused Medications Act of 
                2016).
            ``(2) Remaining portions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), remaining portions of a partially 
                filled prescription for a controlled substance in 
                schedule II--
                            ``(i) may be filled; and
                            ``(ii) shall be filled not later than 30 
                        days after the date on which the prescription 
                        is written.
                    ``(B) Emergency situations.--In emergency 
                situations, as described in subsection (a), the 
                remaining portions of a partially filled prescription 
                for a controlled substance in schedule II--
                            ``(i) may be filled; and
                            ``(ii) shall be filled not later than 72 
                        hours after the prescription is issued.''.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to affect the authority of the Attorney General to allow a 
prescription for a controlled substance in schedule III, IV, or V of 
section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)) to 
be partially filled.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 11, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.
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