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Senate Bill 3753
116th Congress(2019-2020)
VA Directly Returning Opioid Prescriptions Act
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Introduced in Senate on May 18, 2020
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S. 3753 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3753


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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 18, 2020

Mr. Braun (for himself and Mr. Young) 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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “VA Directly Returning Opioid Prescriptions Act”.

SEC. 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 of the Department of Veterans Affairs with—

(1) an on-site pharmacy; or

(2) a law enforcement officer.