HR 5086 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Safe Disposal of Opioids Act of 2021

Introduced Aug 24, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Suzanne Bonamici D-OR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Aug 25, 2021 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.

  1. IntroducedAug 24, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Safe Disposal of Opioids Act of 2021

This bill directs the Department of Justice to award grants to establish or maintain disposal sites for unwanted prescription medications.

Additionally, the bill imposes a fee on the sale of an active opioid by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. The Department of Health and Human Services must establish a mechanism to provide discounts to patients to ensure that they do not pay the fee.

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 24, 2021 to Aug 31, 2021, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyOriginalAug 24, 2021
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalAug 24, 2021
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalAug 24, 2021
D-PASusan WildOriginalAug 24, 2021
R-PAMike KellyAug 31, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 25, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Aug 24, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Aug 24, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Aug 24, 2021Introduced in House

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