,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #acj #aagth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #bcee ,report ,no4 #aag-ahj ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #e1 #bjba ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1 and ,mrs4 ,wagner7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce ,november #cj1 #bjba ,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,turner1 ,mr4 ,kinzinger1 ,mr4 ,mooney1 ,mr4 ,c4 ,scott ,franklin of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 and ,mr4 ,budd ,november #cj1 #bjba ,reported with an amendment2 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed ,strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on ,april #e1 #bjba ,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 #bjba4 #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#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hbi note7 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#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hbi note7 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 the patient2 4 7c7 ,materials for training on patient verification ,section #cbab of the ,,support for ,patients and ,communities ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #hbi note7 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection3 7d7 ,materials for training on verification of identity ,not later than #a year 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 the patient2 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 prescribers of controlled substances in schedule ,,ii1 ,,iii1 or ,,iv to issue such prescriptions electronically1 and make such requirement subject to exceptions in the cases listed in section #ahfj;,d-#d7;e77#g77;,b7 of the ,social ,security ,act2 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 patient identifier2 and 7,d7 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 ,substances ,act4 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 4 ,november #cj1 #bjba ,reported with an amendment2 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed