S. 2825 — Introduced in Senate

II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2825 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 16, 2014 Mr. Brown (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Controlled Substances Act to treat as dispensing the delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacy to a practitioner, pursuant to a patient-specific prescription of the practitioner, under certain circumstances. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Safe Access to Prescription Medication Act of 2014. 2. Delivery of controlled substances by a pharmacy to a practitioner pursuant to a patient-specific prescription Section 102(10) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(10)) is amended— (1) by striking (10) The term dispense means to deliver and inserting the following: (10) (A) The term dispense means— (i) to deliver ; (2) by striking The term dispenser means a practitioner and inserting the following: (B) The term dispenser means a practitioner ; (3) in subparagraph (A), as so designated— (A) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (ii) to deliver a controlled substance by a pharmacy to a practitioner, including the packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for such delivery, if— (I) such delivery is pursuant to a patient-specific prescription of the practitioner; and (II) the practitioner has deemed that it is medically necessary, acting in the usual course of professional practice, for the controlled substance to be administered by the practitioner to the patient. ; and (4) in subparagraph (B), as so designated, by striking to an ultimate user or research subject.