S.Amdt. 3364

SA 3364. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

SEC. __. SAFE STORAGE OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES.

(a) Guidelines.--The Director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention shall issue guidelines for health care
providers regarding the safe storage of prescription
medications in the home.
(b) Study and Report.--
(1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a study on how individuals who seek treatment,
through Federal programs, for opioid abuse or overdose obtain
prescription medications.
(2) Report.--The Comptroller General shall submit a report
containing the results of the study to Congress.
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