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Union Calendar No. 130 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2355 

[Report No. 117–180] 

To facilitate responsible, informed dispensing of controlled substances and 

other prescribed medications, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 5, 2021 

Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Mrs. WAGNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

NOVEMBER 30, 2021 

Additional sponsors: Mr. TURNER, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. C. 

SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. BUDD

NOVEMBER 30, 2021 

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 April 5, 2021] 


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A BILL 

To facilitate responsible, informed dispensing of controlled 

substances and other prescribed medications, and for 

other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Opioid Prescription 

5 Verification Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MATERIALS FOR TRAINING PHARMACISTS ON CER7 TAIN CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH A 

8 PHARMACIST MAY DECLINE TO FILL A PRE9 SCRIPTION. 

10 (a) UPDATES TO MATERIALS.—Section 3212(a) of the 

11 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (21 U.S.C. 

12 829 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Not later than 1 year 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

14 Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Ad15 ministrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Com16 missioner of Food and Drugs, Director of the Centers for 

17 Disease Control and Prevention, and Assistant Secretary 

18 for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall develop and 

19 disseminate’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Health and 

20 Human Services, in consultation with the Administrator 

21 of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Commissioner of 

22 Food and Drugs, Director of the Centers for Disease Control 

23 and Prevention, and Assistant Secretary for Mental Health 

24 and Substance Use, shall develop and disseminate not later 


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1 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and 

2 update periodically thereafter’’. 

3 (b) MATERIALS INCLUDED.—Section 3212(b) of the 

4 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (21 U.S.C. 

5 829 note) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

7 paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 

8 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re9 designated, the following new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(1) pharmacists on how to verify the identity of 

11 the patient;’’. 

12 (c) MATERIALS FOR TRAINING ON PATIENT

13 VERIFICATION .—Section 3212 of the SUPPORT for Pa14 tients and Communities Act (21 U.S.C. 829 note) is amend15 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

16 ‘‘(d) MATERIALS FOR TRAINING ON VERIFICATION OF

17 IDENTITY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact18 ment of this subsection, the Secretary of Health and Human 

19 Services, after seeking stakeholder input in accordance with 

20 subsection (c), shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) update the materials developed under sub22 section (a) to include information for pharmacists on 

23 how to verify the identity the patient; and 

24 ‘‘(2) disseminate, as appropriate, the updated 

25 materials.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. INCENTIVIZING STATES TO FACILITATE RESPON2 SIBLE, INFORMED DISPENSING OF CON3 TROLLED SUBSTANCES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 392A of the Public Health 

5 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

7 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 

8 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 

9 new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(c) PREFERENCE.—In determining the amounts of 

11 grants awarded to States under subsections (a) and (b), the 

12 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

13 may give preference to States in accordance with such cri14 teria as the Director may specify and may choose to give 

15 preference to States that— 

16 ‘‘(1) maintain a prescription drug monitoring 

17 program; 

18 ‘‘(2) require prescribers of controlled substances 

19 in schedule II, III, or IV to issue such prescriptions 

20 electronically, and make such requirement subject to 

21 exceptions in the cases listed in section 1860D– 

22 4(e)(7)(B) of the Social Security Act; and 

23 ‘‘(3) require dispensers of such controlled sub24 stances to enter certain information about the pur25 chase of such controlled substances into the respective 


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1 State’s prescription drug monitoring program, in2 cluding— 

3 ‘‘(A) the National Drug Code or, in the case 

4 of compounded medications, compound identi5 fier; 

6 ‘‘(B) the quantity dispensed; 

7 ‘‘(C) the patient identifier; and 

8 ‘‘(D) the date filled.’’. 

9 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (d) of section 392A of 

10 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1), as redes11 ignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 ‘‘(1) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘con14 trolled substance’ has the meaning given that term in 

15 section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act. 

16 ‘‘(2) DISPENSER.—The term ‘dispenser’ means a 

17 physician, pharmacist, or other person that dispenses 

18 a controlled substance to an ultimate user. 

19 ‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ has 

20 the meaning given that term in section 4 of the In21 dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

22 Act.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 130 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2355 

[Report No. 117–180] 

A BILL 

To facilitate responsible, informed dispensing of 

cations, and for other purposes. controlled substances and other prescribed mediNOVEMBER 30, 2021 

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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