The bill would authorize grants to covered entities to establish or maintain sites for disposing of unwanted prescription medications. No more than 10 percent of grant awards in a fiscal year could go to state, local, or tribal law enforcement agencies, or to medication manufacturers, distributors, or reverse distributors. It would also impose a fee of 1 cent per 100 milligrams of active opioids sold, with an exception for drugs used exclusively to treat opioid addiction.
The bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to create a way for eligible patients to avoid paying amounts tied to the new fee. Eligible patients include people prescribed opioids for cancer-related pain and people receiving hospice care. In certain cases, their family member, medical proxy, representative, or estate would also qualify.
The fee would be paid by manufacturers, producers, or importers when active opioids are sold. The bill authorizes annual funding for these provisions up to the total fees collected. It does not state how much would be collected or how much grants would cost.
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