Guidance on at-home safe disposal systems is due within one year
To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, section 111, Sec. 111.
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Guidance on at-home safe disposal systems is due within one year
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Health and Human ServicesHow: statuteSec. 111 in the PDF
What the document says
“Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, shall publish guidance to facilitate the use of at-home safe disposal systems for applicable drugs.”
The section directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, to publish guidance within one year of enactment to facilitate use of at-home safe disposal systems for applicable drugs. The Act was approved on December 1, 2025.
What the document actually says
“Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, shall publish guidance to facilitate the use of at-home safe disposal systems for applicable drugs.”
That sentence, in plain words
The Secretary must put out advice within one year. The advice is about throwing out drugs safely at home. The drug agency helps write it.
What this is about
An at-home disposal system is a pouch or jar. It makes leftover pills useless before they go in the trash. That keeps other people from taking them.
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Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, Public Law 119-44, sec. 111, 139 Stat. 678 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ44/html/PLAW-119publ44.htm
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“Guidance on at-home safe disposal systems is due within one year,” Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, section 111, Sec. 111. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-44/proposal/sec111-guidance/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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