VA Directly Returning Opioid Prescriptions Act

Bill: 116-hr-4817
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2019-10-23
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Health facilities and institutions

Prescription drugs

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2019-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>VA Directly Returning Opioid Prescriptions Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that each VA medical center with an on-site pharmacy or a law enforcement officer has a physical location where patients may dispose of controlled substances medications. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4817 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 23, 2019 Mr. Baird (for himself, Mr. Steube , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mr. Cook , Mr. Moolenaar , Mr. Banks , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Crow , Mr. Watkins , Mr. Calvert , Mr. Waltz , Mr. Pence , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Abraham , Mr. Bost , Mr. Moulton , Ms. Stevens , Mr. Mast , Mr. Case , Mr. Taylor , Mr. Bucshon , Mr. Crawford , Mr. Reschenthaler , Mr. Bilirakis , Mr. Green of Tennessee , Mr. Allred , Mrs. Walorski , Mr. Lamb , Mr. Rose of New York , Mr. Golden , Mrs. Brooks of Indiana , Mr. Bacon , Mr. Visclosky , Mrs. Wagner , Mrs. Luria , Mrs. Hartzler , Mrs. Miller , and Mr. Wenstrup ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities have physical locations for the disposal of controlled substances medications.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Directly Returning Opioid Prescriptions Act . 2. Requirement for certain Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities to have physical location for the disposal of controlled substances medications (a) In general The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that each covered Department medical facility has a physical location where patients may dispose of controlled substances medications. (b) Covered Department medical facility In this section, the term covered Department medical facility means a medical facility with— (1) an on-site pharmacy; or (2) a law enforcement officer.