Safeguarding Therapeutics Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4225
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2020-07-20
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Health and Human Services

Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Health technology, devices, supplies

Prescription drugs

Product safety and quality
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Safeguarding Therapeutics Act of 2020</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to destroy imported counterfeit medical devices.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4225 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 20, 2020 Mr. Enzi (for himself and Ms. Hassan ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To establish authority to destroy counterfeit devices offered for import, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding Therapeutics Act of 2020 . 2. Authority to destroy counterfeit devices (a) In general Section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 381(a) ) is amended— (1) in the fourth sentence, by inserting or counterfeit device after counterfeit drug ; and (2) by striking The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the destruction of and all that follows through liable for costs pursuant to subsection (c). and inserting the following: The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the destruction of any such article refused admission unless such article is exported, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, within 90 days of the date of notice of such refusal or within such additional time as may be permitted pursuant to such regulations, except that the Secretary of Health and Human Services may destroy, without the opportunity for export, any drug or device refused admission under this section, if such drug or device is valued at an amount that is $2,500 or less (or such higher amount as the Secretary of the Treasury may set by regulation pursuant to section 498(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1498(a)(1) )) and was not brought into compliance as described under subsection (b). The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue regulations providing for notice and an opportunity to appear before the Secretary of Health and Human Services and introduce testimony, as described in the first sentence of this subsection, on destruction of a drug or device under the seventh sentence of this subsection. The regulations shall provide that prior to destruction, appropriate due process is available to the owner or consignee seeking to challenge the decision to destroy the drug or device. Where the Secretary of Health and Human Services provides notice and an opportunity to appear and introduce testimony on the destruction of a drug or device, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall store and, as applicable, dispose of the drug or device after the issuance of the notice, except that the owner and consignee shall remain liable for costs pursuant to subsection (c). . (b) Definition Section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 321(h) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) as clauses (A), (B), and (C), respectively; and (2) after making such redesignations— (A) by striking (h) The term and inserting (h)(1) The term ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (2) The term counterfeit device means a device which, or the container, packaging, or labeling of which, without authorization, bears a trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or symbol, or any likeness thereof, or is manufactured using a design, of a device manufacturer, packer, or distributor other than the person or persons who in fact manufactured, packed, or distributed such device and which thereby falsely purports or is represented to be the product of, or to have been packed or distributed by, such other device manufacturer, packer, or distributor. (3) For purposes of subparagraph (2)— (A) the term manufactured refers to any of the following activities: manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding, assembly, or processing; and (B) the term manufacturer means a person who is engaged in any of the activities listed in clause (A). .