Public Law 117-29
1ST SESSION
An Act
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that certain medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs have physical locations for the disposal of controlled substances medications.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF PERIODS DURING WHICH ANY INDIVIDUAL MAY DISPOSE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES MEDICATIONS AT FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
editSection 3009 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-315; 38 U.S.C. 8110 note) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b):
“(b) Designation of Periods for Any Individual to Dispose of Medication.—
“(1) In general.—The Secretary shall designate periods during which any individual may dispose of controlled substances medications at a covered Department medical facility.
“(2) Public information campaigns.—The Secretary may carry out public information campaigns regarding the periods designated under paragraph (1).”.
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