DUMP Opioids Act

Bill: 117-s-957
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-03-24
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Government information and archives

Health facilities and institutions

Prescription drugs

Solid waste and recycling

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Became Public Law No: 117-29.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Dispose Unused Medications and Prescription Opioids Act or the DUMP Opioids Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that each VA medical facility with an on-site pharmacy or a physical location dedicated for law enforcement purposes has a physical location where any individual may dispose of controlled substances medications.</p>

action_date: 2021-04-22
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate periods during which any individual may dispose of controlled substances medications at VA medical facilities with an on-site pharmacy or a physical location dedicated for law enforcement purposes.</p> <p>The bill also authorizes the VA to carry out public information campaigns regarding the designated disposal periods.<br> </p>

action_date: 2021-07-27
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate periods during which any individual may dispose of controlled substances medications at VA medical facilities with an on-site pharmacy or a physical location dedicated for law enforcement purposes.</p> <p>The bill also authorizes the VA to carry out public information campaigns regarding the designated disposal periods.<br> </p>

action_date: 2021-07-29
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate periods during which any individual may dispose of controlled substances medications at VA medical facilities with an on-site pharmacy or a physical location dedicated for law enforcement purposes.</p> <p>The bill also authorizes the VA to carry out public information campaigns regarding the designated disposal periods.<br> </p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 957 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 24, 2021 Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Braun ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs have physical locations for the disposal of controlled substances medications.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dispose Unused Medications and Prescription Opioids Act or the DUMP Opioids 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 any individual may dispose of controlled substances medications. (b) Covered Department medical facility defined In this section, the term covered Department medical facility means a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs with an onsite pharmacy or a physical location dedicated for law enforcement purposes. (c) Effective date This section shall take effect on January 1, 2022.

tv_txt: 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 957 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs have physical locations for the disposal of controlled substances medications.

1. Designation of periods during which any individual may dispose of controlled substances medications at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs Section 3009 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–315 ; 38 U.S.C. 8110 note) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b): (b) Designation of periods for any individual to dispose of medication (1) In general The Secretary shall designate periods during which any individual may dispose of controlled substances medications at a covered Department medical facility. (2) Public information campaigns The Secretary may carry out public information campaigns regarding the periods designated under paragraph (1). .

Passed the Senate April 22, 2021. Secretary

tv_txt: One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America 1st Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty one S. 957 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs have physical locations for the disposal of controlled substances medications.

1. Designation of periods during which any individual may dispose of controlled substances medications at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs Section 3009 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–315 ; 38 U.S.C. 8110 note) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b): (b) Designation of periods for any individual to dispose of medication (1) In general The Secretary shall designate periods during which any individual may dispose of controlled substances medications at a covered Department medical facility. (2) Public information campaigns The Secretary may carry out public information campaigns regarding the periods designated under paragraph (1). .

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