,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #deii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bd1 #bjaf 
,ms4 ,clark of ,massachusetts 7for      
herself and ,mr4 ,stivers7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the     
,controlled ,substances ,act to permit  
certain partial fillings of             
prescriptions4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,reducing      
,unused ,medications ,act of #bjaf4  #b4
 ,prescriptions ,section #cji7;a7 of the
 ,controlled ,substances ,act 7#ba      
,u4,s4,c4 #hbi7;a77 is amended--  7#a7  
by inserting 7#a7 ,in general4-- before 
,except2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end 
the following3  7#b7 ,partial filling of
 prescriptions  7,a7 ,in general ,a     
prescription for a controlled substance 
in schedule ,,ii may be partially filled
 if-- 7i7 it is requested by--  7,i7 the
 practitioner that wrote the            
prescription by making a notation on the

 face of the written prescription1      
written record of the emergency oral    
prescription1 or in the electronic      
prescription record2 or  7,,ii7 the     
patient2  7ii7 the pharmacist partially 
filling the prescription records the    
partial filling in the same manner as a 
filling of the prescription2  7iii7 the 
pharmacist partially filling the        
prescription updates the record each    
time the prescription is partially      
filled2  7iv7 the total quantity        
dispensed in all partial fillings does  
not exceed the total quantity           
prescribed2 and  7v7 the pharmacist     
notifies the practitioner that wrote the
 prescription of each partial fill4     
7,b7 ,remaining portions ,remaining     
portions of a partially filled          
prescription--  7i7 may be filled2 and  
7ii7 must be exhausted prior to1 or on  
the same date that such prescription1 if
 fully filled1 would have been          
exhausted4  4