S.Amdt. 913

SA 913. Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. Klobuchar)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 738
proposed by Mr. Inouye to the bill H.R. 2112, making appropriations for
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2012, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title VII of division A, insert
the following:
Sec. __.  An additional $10,000,000 shall be appropriated
for the Office of the Commissioner of the Food and Drug
Administration to enable such Office to remedy the current
drug shortage crisis and to prevent future shortages,
including through the creation of information systems for
tracking drug shortages and actions taken by the Food and
Drug Administration to address such shortages, enhanced
communication with manufacturers to establish continuity of
operation plans, development of evidenced-based criteria for
identifying medically necessary drugs that may be vulnerable
to a shortage, and enhanced communication with heath care
providers about current shortages and their estimated
duration.
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