HR 2740 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Drug Access Act of 2001

Introduced Aug 2, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Richard Burr R-NC

Latest action · Aug 16, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedAug 2, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Drug Access Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize a charitable health care entity to receive a drug sample donated by specified individuals or by another such entity for dispensing to a patient of the charitable institution, and to donate a drug sample to another such entity for dispensing to its patients, if: (1) delivery of the sample is completed by mail or common carrier, collection by an authorized agent or employee of the recipient entity, or personal delivery by a licensed practitioner or an agent or employee of the donating entity; (2) the entity receiving the sample executes a written receipt upon its delivery and provides for the return of the receipt to the donating entity; (3) the donated drug sample received by the entity is in its original, unopened packaging with its labeling intact; and (4) before dispensing such sample to a patient, the sample is examined by a licensed practitioner or registered pharmacist to confirm that the sample is not adulterated or misbranded.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 2, 2001 to Jul 26, 2002; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka	Original	Aug 2, 2001
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Sep 12, 2001
D-AR	Mike Ross		Sep 12, 2001
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Sep 12, 2001
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Sep 12, 2001
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Sep 25, 2001
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Sep 25, 2001
R-PA	James C. Greenwood		Sep 25, 2001
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Sep 25, 2001
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		Sep 25, 2001
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Oct 17, 2001
D-MI	David E. Bonior		Oct 17, 2001
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Oct 17, 2001
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Oct 17, 2001
R-SC	Lindsey Graham		Oct 17, 2001
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Oct 17, 2001
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Feb 6, 2002
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Feb 6, 2002
D-NC	Eva M. Clayton		Mar 7, 2002
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Mar 7, 2002
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson		Apr 9, 2002
D-WI	Thomas M. Barrett		Jun 24, 2002
R-VA	Edward L. Schrock		Jul 26, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Aug 2, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Aug 16, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Aug 16, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug 2, 2001Introduced in House
Aug 2, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the receipt of donated prescription drug samples by charitable health care entities.
Short Titles as Introduced: Drug Access Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Aug 2, 2001Introduced in House

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