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Prescription Drug Stewardship Act

Introduced: April 6, 2004 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Apr 6, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 6, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3793-3794)
Apr 6, 2004
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prescription Drug Stewardship Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to establish a program to award matching grants for three years to States to establish, maintain, and improve systems to: (1) track the distribution of prescription drugs from the prescribing health care providers to the pharmacy and to the patient; (2) provide education and training to health care providers concerning prescription drug diversion and abuse by patients and colleagues; and (3) increase public awareness of the problem of prescription drug diversion and abuse.

What's happening now April 6, 2004

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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