117th Congress > House > Vote 421
Clerk session vote number: 422
Description: Opiod Prescription Verification Act
Bill summary: 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
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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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Bill titles: To facilitate responsible, informed dispensing of controlled substances and other prescribed medications, and for other purposes.
Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov
