Tim Fagan's Law
Latest action · Nov 5, 2007 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedNov 5, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tim Fagan's Law or the Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a criminal fine and/or imprisonment for a person who: (1) knowingly causes a prescription drug to be adulterated, misbranded, or misrepresented as an approved prescription drug and sells or trades the drug; or (2) purchases or trades for such drug knowing or having reason to know that the drug was knowingly adulterated, misbranded, or misrepresented. Requires a manufacturer of a drug to notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services within 48 hours after first receiving or becoming aware of information that reasonably suggests that such a violation may have occurred.
Deems a drug to be misbranded if it is not manufactured in accordance with the use of technologies that the Secretary determines are technically feasible and will assist in preventing such violations.
Requires the Secretary to establish alternative requirements to the extent that such requirements provide greater certainty on the chain of custody and are technically feasible.
Increases funding for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections, examinations, and investigations.
Requires the Secretary to educate the public and health care professionals on counterfeit drugs.
Directs the Secretary: (1) upon a finding of reasonable probability that a drug intended for human use would cause serious health consequences or death, to issue an order requiring the appropriate person (including the manufacturers, importers, distributors, or retailers of the drug) to cease distribution of the drug and to notify and instruct health professionals to cease administering or prescribing the drug; and (2) amend the order to include a recall if necessary.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Nov 5, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2007Introduced in House
- Nov 5, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase criminal penalties for the sale or trade of prescription drugs knowingly caused to be adulterated or misbranded, to modify requirements for maintaining records of the chain-of-custody of prescription drugs, to establish recall authority regarding drugs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2007
- Tim Fagan's Law
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Business records
- Commerce
- Communication in medicine
- Consumer protection
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal justice information
- Deceptive advertising
- Defective products
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Directories
- Drug adulteration
- Drug industry
- Drugs
- Fines (Penalties)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health education
- Identification devices
- Informers
- Intellectual property
- Labeling
- Law
- Medical personnel
- Packaging
- Product counterfeiting
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Subpoena
- Wholesale trade
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2007Introduced in House
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