H.R. 1959: Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-03-28 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-03-28 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act of 2019

Plain summary

Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act of 2019 This bill addresses regulations governing compounding pharmacies. The bill expands the circumstances under which a drug may be compounded (i.e., manufactured at small scale) to allow pharmacists and physicians to compound drugs for administration to patients in an office or clinical setting, in accordance with state law. (Compounded drugs are not required to meet certain federal requirements regarding manufacturing, labeling, or approval.) Dietary supplements may be used in the compounding of a drug. The bill exempts from interstate distribution limits the dispensing of a compounded drug from the facility where it is compounded to a patient or health facility. The bill limits the scope of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections of compounding pharmacies to certain equipment, materials, containers, and labeling. This aligns the scope of inspections of compounding pharmacies with the scope of inspections of other pharmacies. (Currently, the scope of inspections of compounding pharmacies is the same as the scope of inspections of drug manufacturers.) The bill also eliminates the requirement for compounding pharmacies to register with the FDA as drug manufacturers.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] · 42 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Gary J. Palmer (R-AL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), John Joyce (R-PA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), John R. Carter (R-TX), Adrian Smith (R-NE), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Ben Cline (R-VA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Darin LaHood (R-IL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr1959.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1959 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116