H.R. 6519 · 117th Congress
Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2022
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This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue regulations concerning the patient medication information that is included in the labeling for prescription medications.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 28, 2022
Patients' Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2022
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue regulations concerning the patient medication information that is included in the labeling for prescription medications.
The regulations must impose various requirements, such as requiring the information to (1) be scientifically accurate and approved by the FDA; (2) include general directions for proper use and warnings that are written in understandable plain language; (3) contain information about known clinically important interactions with drugs, food, and other substances; (4) include a statement of whether there is sufficient data about the drug's use by specified subpopulations, such as children or pregnant women; and (5) be provided in a printed format with each prescription dispensed.
The bill prohibits prescription medications that fail to meet this bill's requirements.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2022
Latest action (Jan 31, 2022): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 28, 2022
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.