H.R. 2355 — 117th Congress
Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2021
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Dec 9, 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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As of Dec 8, 2021Passed House
Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2021
This bill modifies overdose prevention activities carried out by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Specifically, HHS must update pharmacist training materials to include information about how to verify the identity of patients who are prescribed medications.
In addition, the CDC may give preference, in awarding grants for overdose prevention, to states that
- maintain a prescription drug monitoring program that mandates the collection of specified information,
- require prescribers of certain potentially addictive medications to issue prescriptions electronically (subject to some exceptions), and
- require dispensers of certain potentially addictive medications to enter particular information about the purchase of such medications into their state's prescription drug monitoring program.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordDec 8, 2021 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Full roll callYea — 410: 214 D · 196 R
Nay — 15: 15 R
Not Voting — 8: 6 D · 2 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| Zoe Lofgren | CA |
| Stephanie N. Murphy | FL |
| Anthony G. Brown | MD |
| Elissa Slotkin | MI |
| Michael F. Doyle | PA |
| Rick Larsen | WA |
| Bill Posey | FL |
| Adam Kinzinger | IL |
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