I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4810 
To facilitate responsible, informed dispensing of controlled substances and 
other prescribed medications, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2019 
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. BUCSHON, 
Mr. SHIMKUS, and Mr. LATTA) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To facilitate responsible, informed dispensing of controlled 
substances and other prescribed medications, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Opioid Prescription 
Verification Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. MATERIALS FOR TRAINING PHARMACISTS ON CER-
TAIN 
CIRCUMSTANCES 
UNDER 
WHICH 
A 
PHARMACIST MAY DECLINE TO FILL A PRE-
SCRIPTION. 
(a) UPDATES TO MATERIALS.—Section 3212(a) of 
the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public 
Law 115–271) is amended by striking ‘‘Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the 
Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, and Assistant Sec-
retary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall develop 
and disseminate’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Commis-
sioner of Food and Drugs, Director of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, and Assistant Secretary for 
Mental Health and Substance Use, shall develop and dis-
seminate not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and update periodically thereafter’’. 
(b) MATERIALS INCLUDED.—Section 3212(b) of the 
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public 
Law 115–271) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
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(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) pharmacists on how to verify the identity 
of individuals picking up prescriptions;’’. 
(c) MATERIALS FOR TRAINING ON VERIFICATION OF 
IDENTITY.—Section 3212 of the SUPPORT for Patients 
and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) MATERIALS FOR TRAINING ON VERIFICATION 
OF IDENTITY OF INDIVIDUALS PICKING UP PRESCRIBED 
MEDICATIONS.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, after seeking stakeholder input in 
accordance with subsection (c), shall— 
‘‘(1) update the materials developed under sub-
section (a) to include information for pharmacists on 
how to verify the identity of individuals picking up 
prescribed medications; and 
‘‘(2) disseminate, as appropriate, the updated 
materials.’’. 
SEC. 3. INCENTIVIZING STATES TO FACILITATE RESPON-
SIBLE, 
INFORMED 
DISPENSING 
OF 
CON-
TROLLED SUBSTANCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 392A of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) PREFERENCE.—In determining the amounts of 
grants awarded to States under subsections (a) and (b), 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention may give preference to States in accordance with 
such criteria as the Director may specify and may choose 
to give preference to States that— 
‘‘(1) maintain a prescription drug monitoring 
program; 
‘‘(2) require dispensers of controlled substances 
in schedule II, III, or IV to verify the identity of the 
person who picks up a prescribed medication by re-
quiring such person to present a photo identification 
card that is valid as determined by the respective 
State; and 
‘‘(3) require dispensers of such controlled sub-
stances to enter certain information about the pur-
chase of such controlled substances into the respec-
tive State’s prescription drug monitoring program, 
including— 
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‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and any 
commonwealth or territory of the United States. 
‘‘(5) ULTIMATE
USER.—The term ‘ultimate 
user’ means a person who has obtained from a dis-
penser, and who possesses, a controlled substance 
for the person’s own use, for the use of a member 
of the person’s household, or for the use of an ani-
mal.’’. 
Æ 
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