The 115th U.S. Congress will go on summer recess from July 31 - September 4, 2017. This annual break provides you with an excellent opportunity to personally invite your Representative and Senator to your pharmacy to show them how compounded medications serve your patients and prescribers.

As an advocate, your role is essential in helping spread the message of the importance of pharmacy compounding, and the vital need for continued patient access to customized medications. These one-on-one visits will help you build important relationships with your Members of Congress, and to make certain that the voices of your patients and prescribers are heard.

Your help preserving patient access to vital compounded medications is more important than ever! This Congressional Recess - it is crucial to ask your Member of Congress for their support of   HR 2871 - The Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act of 2017 introduced by Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA) and Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX).

IACP's Congressional Recess Packet will provide you with the tools you need to prepare and host a successful congressional visit as well as effectively ask for support of HR 2871! 

IACP's Congressional Recess Packet includes:

• Step-by-Step instructions for requesting a pharmacy tour with your Member of Congress

• Sample appointment request FAX/e-mail to the Member of Congress' scheduler

• Sample pharmacy visit schedule for the Member of Congress

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Congressional visits

• Planning for the visit: "Day Before" and "Day Of" event instructions

• Talking Points on your Business, Patients, Current Regulation and Legislation HR 2871

• Take-home materials for your Member of Congress and/or Congressional staff

• Sample thank you letters for your Member of Congress and/or Congressional staff

• Sample press release (post-visit) for your local media contacts *Please note - these are only to be used with permission from the Congressional office*

• A visit evaluation form to share with the IACP legislative team