Cody Miller Initiative for Safer Prescriptions Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Apr 17, 2013)
Cody Miller Initiative for Safer Prescriptions Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate regulations regarding the authorship, content, format, and dissemination requirements for patient medication information (PMI) for prescription drugs.
Requires such regulations to require the PMI for such a drug: (1) to be scientifically accurate and to be based on the approved professional labeling and authoritative, peer-reviewed literature; and (2) to include plain language that is not promotional in tone or content. Requires that such language include: (1) the established name of the drug; (2) drug uses and clinical benefits; (3) general directions for proper use; (4) contraindications, common side effects, and the most serious risks of the drug; (5) measures patients may take to reduce the side effects and risks; (6) when a patient should contact his or her health care professional; (7) instructions not to share medications; (8) any key storage requirements; (9) recommendations relating to proper disposal of any unused portion of the drug; and (10) known clinically important interactions with other drugs and substances.
Requires such regulations to: (1) include standards related to performing timely updates of drug information, ensuring that common information is applied consistently and simultaneously across similar drug products and for drugs within classes of medications, and developing a process to assess the quality and effectiveness of PMI in promoting patient understanding and safe and effective use; and (2) provide for the development of a publicly accessible electronic repository for all PMI.
Requires the Secretary to publish on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website a link to the Daily Med website.
What just happenedApr 19, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseApr 17, 2013
- Apr 19, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 17, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Apr 17, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Apr 17, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House