S 1132
107th Congress
Senate
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A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act relating to the distribution chain of prescription drugs.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 28, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 28, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7104-7105)
Jun 28, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to change the meaning of "authorized distributor" of a prescription drug from a distributor with whom a manufacturer has established an ongoing relationship to distribute such manufacturer's products to any distributor to which a manufacturer sells a prescription drug.
Requires the wholesale distributor of certain drugs who is not the manufacturer or an authorized distributor to provide to a drug recipient a statement that the drug was first purchased from or through an authorized distributor.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1