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Union Calendar No. 430 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4599 

[Report No. 114–556] 

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to permit certain partial fillings 

of prescriptions. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 24, 2016 

Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts (for herself and Mr. STIVERS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

MAY 10, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. COURTNEY, 

Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. ROGERS

of Kentucky, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. GUINTA, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCGOVERN, 

Mr. KEATING, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. TURNER, and Ms. 

MCSALLY

MAY 10, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 24, 2016] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to permit certain 

partial fillings of prescriptions. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reducing Unused Medi5 cations Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PARTIAL FILLS OF SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUB7 STANCES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309 of the Controlled Sub9 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 829) is amended by adding at the 

10 end the following: 

11 ‘‘(f) PARTIAL FILLS OF SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED

12 SUBSTANCES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) PARTIAL FILLS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A prescription for a 

15 controlled substance in schedule II may be par16 tially filled if— 

17 ‘‘(i) it is not prohibited by State law; 

18 ‘‘(ii) the prescription is written and 

19 filled in accordance with the Controlled 

20 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), reg21 ulations prescribed by the Attorney General, 

22 and State law; 

23 ‘‘(iii) the partial fill is requested by 

24 the patient or the practitioner that wrote 

25 the prescription; and 


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1 ‘‘(iv) the total quantity dispensed in 

2 all partial fillings does not exceed the total 

3 quantity prescribed. 

4 ‘‘(B) OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.—A prescrip5 tion for a controlled substance in schedule II 

6 may be partially filled in accordance with sec7 tion 1306.13 of title 21, Code of Federal Regula8 tions (as in effect on the date of enactment of the 

9 Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016). 

10 ‘‘(2) REMAINING PORTIONS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

12 subparagraph (B), remaining portions of a par13 tially filled prescription for a controlled sub14 stance in schedule II— 

15 ‘‘(i) may be filled; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) shall be filled not later than 30 

17 days after the date on which the prescrip18 tion is written. 

19 ‘‘(B) EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.—In emer20 gency situations, as described in subsection (a), 

21 the remaining portions of a partially filled pre22 scription for a controlled substance in schedule 

23 II— 

24 ‘‘(i) may be filled; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) shall be filled not later than 72 

2 hours after the prescription is issued.’’. 

3 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

4 shall be construed to affect the authority of the Attorney 

5 General to allow a prescription for a controlled substance 

6 in schedule III, IV, or V of section 202(c) of the Controlled 

7 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)) to be partially filled. 


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Union Calendar No. 430 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4599 

[Report No. 114–556] 

A BILL 

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to permit 

certain partial fillings of prescriptions. 

MAY 10, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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