H.R. 2951102nd CongressHouse Bill

Federal Safe Syringe and Needle Promotion Act of 1991

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Federal Safe Syringe and Needle Promotion Act of 1991 - Mandates guidelines for requiring health care providers to use only nonreusable or self-destructing syringes and nonreusable or retracting needles except where medically necessary. Prohibits funds made available by the Federal Government from being used to obtain or use, unless medically necessary, any syringes or needles other than such syringes and needles. Mandates a study and report to the Congress on the effects of requiring health care providers to use only such syringes and needles on the costs of needles and syringes and on the access of individuals and entities, including health care providers in developing nations and diabetics, to reasonably priced needles and syringes.

Introduced Jul 18, 1991
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Passed House
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Joseph Kennedy

Democrat

U.S. Representative · MA-8

6 cosponsors — all Democrat

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