S. 2578 · 114th Congress
Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016
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This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow a pharmacist to partially fill a prescription for a schedule II controlled substance (such as a prescription opioid painkiller) at the request of a prescribing practitioner or patient.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Feb 24, 2016
Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow a pharmacist to partially fill a prescription for a schedule II controlled substance (such as a prescription opioid painkiller) at the request of a prescribing practitioner or patient.
A pharmacist must record the partial filling in the same manner as a full filling, update the record with each partially filled prescription, and notify the prescribing practitioner. The total quantity dispensed in partial fillings must not exceed the total quantity prescribed.
The remaining portion of a partially filled prescription may be filled and must be exhausted prior to, or on the same date that such prescription, if fully filled, would have been exhausted.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016
Latest action (Feb 24, 2016): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 24, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.