Affordable Drugs Access Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to grant waivers permitting individuals to import pre… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to grant waivers permitting individuals to import prescription drugs from Canada, to amend such Act with respect to the sale of prescription drugs through the Internet, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Requires the Secretary to study the authenticity and quality of drugs imported into the United States from other countries for personal use. Authorizes the Secretary, based on whether study results indicate the presence or absence of a significant threat to public health, to: (1) condition the entry of drugs; (2) terminate the waiver; and/or (3) extend the waiver to other countries.
Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to reduce the aggregate number of dosage units of a controlled substance a U.S. resident may import into the United States without a prescription.
Regulates the Internet sale of prescription drugs. Requires Internet sites used for purposes of sales of a prescription drug to include a page (and links thereto) providing the identities of the seller and the persons serving as pharmacists or medical consultants and the States in which the seller and such persons are authorized to dispense drugs or provide consultations.
Permits State enforcement of Internet prescription drug sale requirements, but retains the right of the Secretary to intervene.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5217: Affordable Drugs Access Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5217/
"H.R. 5217: Affordable Drugs Access Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5217/.
H.R. 5217, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5217/.
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