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HR 6848 115th Congress House

VA Safe Opioid Return Act

Official title: 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.

Introduced: September 20, 2018 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Drug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth facilities and institutionsPrescription drugsVeterans' medical care
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 20, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 20, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 20, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 20, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6848: VA Safe Opioid Return Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6848/
MLA
"H.R. 6848: VA Safe Opioid Return Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6848/.
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H.R. 6848, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6848/.
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[H.R. 6848: VA Safe Opioid Return Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6848/)
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