VA Safe Opioid Return Act

VA Safe Opioid Return Act

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that each VA medical center with an on-site pharmacy or a law enforcement officer has a physical location where patients may dispose of controlled substances medications.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6848 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6848

  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain 
Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers have physical locations 
         for the disposal of controlled substances medications.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2018

  Mr. Bishop of Michigan (for himself and Mr. Coffman) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain 
Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers have physical locations 
         for the disposal of controlled substances medications.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``VA Safe Opioid Return Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL 
              CENTERS TO HAVE PHYSICAL LOCATION FOR THE DISPOSAL OF 
              CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES MEDICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure 
that each covered Department medical center has a physical location 
where patients may dispose of controlled substances medications.
    (b) Covered Department Medical Centers.--In this section, the term 
``covered Department medical center'' means a medical center with--
            (1) an on-site pharmacy; or
            (2) a law enforcement officer.
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