A bill to establish a temporary program under which diacetylmorphine will be made available through qualified pharmacies for the relief of pain from cancer.
Compassionate Pain Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 60-month program under which diacetylmorphine shall be made available through qualified pharmacies for the relief of pain from cancer.
Directs the Secretary to provide for the manufacture of such drug.
Permits physicians registered under the Controlled Substances Act to prescribe such drug.
States that for purposes of such program the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and titles II and III of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 shall not apply with respect to: (1) the importing of opium; and (2) the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of diacetylmorphine.
Requires: (1) the Secretary to make program reports to the appropriate congressional committees; and (2) the Comptroller General of the United States to make a four-year program report to such committees.
Failed of Passage in House by Yea-Nay Vote: 55 - 355 (Record Vote No: 401).
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Clean Bill H.R.5290 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.
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