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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. WAG-
NER) 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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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 2021’’. 
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 (21 U.S.C. 
829 note) 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 Ad-
ministrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Com-
missioner of Food and Drugs, Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, and Assistant Secretary 
for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall develop and 
disseminate’’ and inserting ‘‘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 Secretary for Mental Health 
and Substance Use, shall develop and disseminate not later 
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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 (21 U.S.C. 
829 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) pharmacists on how to verify the identity of 
the patient;’’. 
(c) 
MATERIALS
FOR
TRAINING
ON
PATIENT 
VERIFICATION .—Section 3212 of the SUPPORT for Pa-
tients and Communities Act (21 U.S.C. 829 note) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) MATERIALS FOR TRAINING ON VERIFICATION OF 
IDENTITY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment 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 the patient; and 
‘‘(2) disseminate, as appropriate, the updated 
materials.’’. 
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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— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
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 Prevention 
may give preference to States in accordance with such cri-
teria as the Director may specify and may choose to give 
preference to States that— 
‘‘(1) maintain a prescription drug monitoring 
program; 
‘‘(2) require prescribers of controlled substances 
in schedule II, III, or IV to issue such prescriptions 
electronically, and make such requirement subject to 
exceptions in the cases listed in section 1860D– 
4(e)(7)(B) of the Social Security Act; and 
‘‘(3) require dispensers of such controlled sub-
stances to enter certain information about the pur-
chase of such controlled substances into the respective 
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State’s prescription drug monitoring program, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) the National Drug Code or, in the case 
of compounded medications, compound identi-
fier; 
‘‘(B) the quantity dispensed; 
‘‘(C) the patient identifier; and 
‘‘(D) the date filled.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (d) of section 392A of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1), as redes-
ignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘con-
trolled substance’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act. 
‘‘(2) DISPENSER.—The term ‘dispenser’ means a 
physician, pharmacist, or other person that dispenses 
a controlled substance to an ultimate user. 
‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 4 of the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
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 
controlled substances and other prescribed medi-
cations, and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 30, 2021 
Reported with an amendment; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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