,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bc1        
#bjai,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois   
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,van ,drew1 ,mr4     
,bucshon1 ,mr4 ,shimkus1 and ,mr4       
,latta7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
facilitate responsible1 informed        
dispensing of controlled substances and 
other prescribed medications1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,opioid        
,prescription ,verification ,act of     
#bjai4  #b4 ,materials for training     
pharmacists on certain circumstances    
under which a pharmacist may decline to 
fill a prescription  7a7 ,updates to    
materials ,section #cbab7;a7 of the     
,,support for ,patients and ,communities
 ,act 7,public ,law #aae-bga7 is amended
 by striking ,not later than #a year    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,health and     

,human ,services1 in consultation with  
the ,administrator of the ,drug         
,enforcement ,administration1           
,commissioner of ,food and ,drugs1      
,director of the ,centers for ,disease  
,control and ,prevention1 and ,assistant
 ,secretary for ,mental ,health and     
,substance ,use1 shall develop and      
disseminate and inserting ,the          
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 in consultation with the     
,administrator of the ,drug ,enforcement
 ,administration1 ,commissioner of ,food
 and ,drugs1 ,director of the ,centers  
for ,disease ,control and ,prevention1  
and ,assistant ,secretary for ,mental   
,health and ,substance ,use1 shall      
develop and disseminate not later than  
#a year after the date of enactment of  
this ,act1 and update periodically      
thereafter4  7b7 ,materials included    
,section #cbab7;b7 of the ,,support for 
,patients and ,communities ,act 7,public
 ,law #aae-bga7 is amended-- 7#a7 by    
redesignating paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7  

as paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c71            
respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
before paragraph 7#b71 as so            
redesignated1 the following new         
paragraph3  7#a7 pharmacists on how to  
verify the identity of individuals      
picking up prescriptions2  4  7c7       
,materials for training on verification 
of identity ,section #cbab of the       
,,support for ,patients and ,communities
 ,act 7,public ,law #aae-bga7 is amended
 by adding at the end the following new 
subsection3  7d7 ,materials for training
 on verification of identity of         
individuals picking up prescribed       
medications ,not later than #f months   
after the date of enactment of this     
subsection1 the ,secretary of ,health   
and ,human ,services1 after seeking     
stakeholder input in accordance with    
subsection 7c71 shall--  7#a7 update the
 materials developed under subsection   
7a7 to include information for          
pharmacists on how to verify the        
identity of individuals picking up      

prescribed medications2 and  7#b7       
disseminate1 as appropriate1 the updated
 materials4  4  #c4 ,incentivizing      
,states ,to facilitate responsible1     
informed dispensing of controlled       
substances  7a7 ,in general ,section    
#cib;,a of the ,public ,health ,service 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhj;b-#a7 is       
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating        
subsections 7c7 and 7d7 as subsections  
7d7 and 7e71 respectively2 and  7#b7 by 
inserting after subsection 7b7 the      
following new subsection3  7c7          
,preference ,in determining the amounts 
of grants awarded to ,states under      
subsections 7a7 and 7b71 the ,director  
of the ,centers for ,disease ,control   
and ,prevention may give preference to  
,states in accordance with such criteria
 as the ,director may specify and may   
choose to give preference to ,states    
that--  7#a7 maintain a prescription    
drug monitoring program2  7#b7 require  
dispensers of controlled substances in  
schedule ,,ii1 ,,iii1 or ,,iv to verify 

the identity of the person who picks up 
a prescribed medication by requiring    
such person to present a photo          
identification card that is valid as    
determined by the respective ,state2 and
  7#c7 require dispensers of such       
controlled substances to enter certain  
information about the purchase of such  
controlled substances into the          
respective ,state's prescription drug   
monitoring program1 including--  7,a7   
the ,national ,drug ,code or1 in the    
case of compounded medications1 compound
 identifier2  7,b7 the quantity         
dispensed2  7,c7 the name of the        
patient2  7,d7 the name of the ultimate 
user2  7,e7 the name of the person who  
picks up the controlled substance1 if   
different from the patient and ultimate 
user2 and  7,f7 the date filled4  4  7b7
 ,definitions ,subsection 7d7 of section
 #cib;,a of the ,public ,health ,service
 ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhj;b-#a71 as     
redesignated by subsection 7a77#a71 is  
amended to read as follows3  7d7        

,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,controlled substance ,the term         
controlled substance has the meaning    
given that term in section #ajb of the  
,controlled ,substances4  7#b7          
,dispenser ,the term dispenser means a  
physician1 pharmacist1 or other person  
that dispenses a controlled substance to
 an ultimate user4  7#c7 ,indian tribe  
,the term ,indian tribe has the meaning 
given that term in section #d of the    
,indian ,self-,determination and        
,education ,assistance ,act4  7#d7      
,state ,the term ,state means each of   
the #ej ,states1 the ,district of       
,columbia1 and any commonwealth or      
territory of the ,united ,states4  7#e7 
,ultimate user ,the term ultimate user  
means a person who has obtained from a  
dispenser1 and who possesses1 a         
controlled substance for the person's   
own use1 for the use of a member of the 
person's household1 or for the use of an
 animal4  4