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S.1406: Saving Access to Compounded Medications for Special Needs Patients Act
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 114th Congress
- This bill is primarily about health
- Introduced May 20, 2015
- Latest Major Action May 20, 2015
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Bill Summary
Saving Access to Compounded Medications for Special Needs Patients Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow drugs to be compounded (manufactured at a small scale) and distributed to practitioners for treatment of, or administration to, patients of that practitioner. Currently, drugs may be compounded only for identified individual patients. (Compounded drugs do not need to meet certain requirements for drugs...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
Date | Description |
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May 20, 2015 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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May 20, 2015 |
Introduced in the Senate by David Vitter (R-La.) |