We know throwing away perfectly good medicine feels doubly wasteful. It’s bad for the environment, and it could have been used to help a fellow human in need. RemediChain accepts donations of unopened, unexpired medication and matches those donations with vulnerable patients in need.
Go to Donate Meds and help us complete the chain.
Donation & Reuse Laws: No
Operational Program: No
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Person; Pharmacy; Medical facility; Drug manufacturer or wholesaler licensed by the board; Prison or government entity federally authorized to possess prescription drugs
Repositories: Pharmacies
Patients: Indigent patient (person with an income < 600% of the federal poverty level); Uninsured; Underinsured; Can lastly go to another individual if an indigent, uninsured, or underinsured person is unavailable
Notes: Secure packaging. Recipient must have a valid Rx. No controlled substances. No REMS Drugs. No restriction of use of samples.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Any person or institution in Vermont (including pharmacies, long-term care facilities, VA, correctional facilities, hospitals)
Repositories: Pharmacies; Hospitals; Cancer centers; Long-term care facilities (nursing homes, residential care homes, assisted living facilities). Must be approved by VT DHHS first
Patients: One of the following: Under 400% of the FPL; Uninsured or underinsured; Be in the medicare ‘donut hole’ and/or have high deductible coverage, or high copays
Notes: No controlled or compounded drugs. No REMS drugs.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Nursing care facility; Manufacturer; Wholesaler; Assisted living facility; An eligible pharmacy (licensed in UT as Class A retail or operated by county/health department, UT DHHS, or charitable clinic); Physician’s office; Intermediate care facility for intellectual disability
Repositories: Pharmacy operated by a charitable clinic
Patients: Medically indigent; Uninsured; Lack reasonable means to purchase prescribed meds; Insured (and lack reasonable means to pay the insured portion of the cost of prescribed meds)
Notes: No controlled substance or drugs that require registration with the manufacturer. Secure packaging. Cancer drugs may be dispensed in an unopened single unit dose that has been removed from a multi-unit dose pack.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Patient; Manufacturer; Health care facility (hospital, ambulatory surgical center); Pharmacy; Family Member; Caregiver; Healthcare Provider
Donor must sign a form confirming (owner of donated drug, proper storage, voluntary)
Repositories: Health care facility; Pharmacy; Pharmacist employed by the facility or pharmacy that has elected to participate in the collection/redistribution of donated prescription drugs
Patients: Recipient with a valid prescription by a health care professional
(must acknowledge that the donor is not a pharmacist if the donor is an individual/manufacturer/health care facility; donor is known to the participating provider; accepting risk from accidental mishandling; releasing donor/participating provider/manufacturer from liability)
Notes: No controlled substance, REMS drugs. Must be unopened, sealed, temper-evident, unit-dose, single-dose (if unopened). May charge a handling fee up to $20 to a recipient.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Healthcare Facilities; Pharmacy; Manufacturer; Wholesaler
Repositories: Pharmacies
Patients: Uninsured or underinsured with income below 350% of FPL
Notes: Secure packaging. Opened multi-dose pack okay if single-unit doses remain intact. Must have an expiration date later than “6 months after the date the drug will be restocked.” No controlled substances. Cannot require any temp other than room temp for storage. Cannot be a drug that is subject to restricted distribution by FDA.
Patient eligible for the Cancer Drug Repository Program that meet the following criteria: Dx with cancer, none or limited prescription drug coverage related to cancer Tx that prevent patient from obtaining therapy, or not eligible for State Medical Assistance Program for cancer Tx coverage.
Financial eligibility for Cancer Drug Repository Program: “Indigent patient” for the Cancer Drug Repository Program; income limits are based on prior year’s family income not to exceed 350% of the prior year’s Department of Health and Human Services Federal Poverty Income Guidelines for the appropriate family size
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any pharmacy, drug manufacturer, or health care facility, or other person or government entity may donate or give drugs to a drug repository program. Any person or government entity may facilitate the donation or gift of drugs to the program.
Repositories: Ohio Pharmacy; Ohio Hospital; Ohio Nonprofit clinic
Patients: Ohio resident or currently resides in Ohio; Uninsured or underinsured; Meets any other eligibility requirements as determined by the program’s policy
Notes: Drugs must not be controlled substances, except for controlled substances in a long-acting or extended-release form used for treatment of opioid dependence/addiction. No drug samples. For orally administered cancer drugs not in original sealed and tamper-evident unit dose packaging: drugs must appear to be unadulterated, safe, and suitable for dispensing and must have an expiration date of “6 months or greater” (from day of donation).
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Any person or entity
Repositories: Pharmacy Hospital or nonprofit clinic
Patients: Residents of NY based on economic need
Notes: Only prescription drugs in their original sealed and tamper-evident unit dose packaging
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Corrections facility with a registered or licensed nurse
Repositories: Clinic or licensed practitioner (authorized to prescribe drugs & registered with the board); Can only accept donation originally prescribed for use by established patients of that participating practitioner/licensed clinic
Patients: Any individual who signs a form acknowledging the drug donation process
Notes: No controlled substances or drugs with a REMS program requirement. Must be stored in tamper-evident container, has expiration date of 6 months or greater, no drug shall be re-dispensed more than one time. Handling fee not to exceed $20 charged to the recipient. Participating practitioners must register with the NM Board of Pharmacy. Donors to sign the Board approved Donor Form.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Any person or entity that is properly licensed and authorized to possess prescription drugs (manufacturer, wholesaler, repackager, returns processor, third-party logistics provider, health care facility, correctional facility, pharmacy); “Health care facility” (physician’s office, hospital, outpatient clinic, FQHC, rural health clinic, clinic providing services under Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, mental health center, VA)
Repositories: Pharmacist or other health care professional who is authorized by law to dispense over-the-counter drugs and prescription drugs
Patients: Prioritized to individuals who are indigent (below 250% of FPL), uninsured, or enrolled in a public health benefits program; Other individuals if prioritized patient population is not identified
Notes: No controlled or compounded drugs. No prescription drugs that require patient registration with the manufacturer. Redistributor can accept OTC, Rx, admin supplies from out-of-state donors. Redistributor can charge a handling fee to an eligible recipient.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Residents of an eligible facility (or the representative or guardian of a resident of an eligible facility); Manufacturers
Repositories: Pharmacy; Charitable clinic; Health professionals
Patients: Any state resident who is eligible for medicare/medicaid who otherwise has no health insurance
Notes: Drugs not accepted include expired Rx drugs, controlled substances, drugs that have been held outside of a health professional control where sanitation/security cannot be assured, or drugs that can only be dispensed to a patient registered with a drug’s manufacturer under FDA requirements
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Pharmacy; Hospital; Nursing home; Drug manufacturers or wholesale distributors; Prescriber drug outlet
Repositories: Charitable clinics; Pharmacies; Regional behavioral health center
Patients: Qualifying medically indigent patients
Notes: No controlled substances (II-V). Cannot accept drugs with fewer than 3 months from its expiration date.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Long-term care facilities
Repositories: Vendor pharmacy (for repackaging and reimbursement to the Department of Social Services)
Notes: No controlled substances. Oral/parenteral must be in single-dose containers. Inhalent/topical must be in unit-dose containers.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Acute care hospital; Acute psychiatric hospital; Skilled nursing facilities; Intermediate care facilities (disabled-habilitative, disabled-nursing); Correctional treatment center; Psychiatric health facility; Chemical dependency recovery hospital; Residential care facilities (for elderly); Mental health rehab center; Juvenile facility; Local detention facility; Home health agency; Hospice agency; Pharmacy licensed in CA; Wholesaler licensed
Repositories: Licensed pharmacy (owned/contracted with county; operated by primary care clinic)
Patients: Indigent patients
Notes: No controlled substance. Medication shall not have been in the possession of a patient or any individual member of the public. Must have written/electronic documentation from the county health department to participate in the repository/distribution program.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any individual member of the public or any entity legally authorized to possess medicine (manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, third-party logistic provider, pharmacy, dispenser, clinic, surgical center, health center, detention/rehabilitation center, laboratory, medical school, pharmacy school, health care professional or health care facility). Government agencies (drug manufacturer, repackager, relabeler, outsourcing facility, prisons, importers authorized by FDA).
Repositories: Physician’s office; Pharmacy; Hospital; Healthcare institution
Patients: Indigent, uninsured, underinsured, or enrolled in a public health benefits program
Notes: Prescription, non-prescription, biologics allowed
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any individual over 18; Pharmacy; Medical facility; Manufacturer; Distributor
Repositories: Medical facility; Pharmacy
Patients: Any Wisconsin resident who is: Uninsured; Recipients of eligible recipients of Medicaid, Medicare, or other government based health care; All other individuals
Notes: Medical facility or pharmacy may charge an individual receiving a drug or supply a handling fee that may not exceed amount specified by department rule. Secure packaging. Drug bears an expiration date that is later than 90 days after the date donated. Donated drug or supplies cannot be resold. Recipient of donated drug or drug supplies must have valid Rx.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Patient; Family Member; Caregiver; Healthcare Provider; Manufacturer
Repositories: Physician’s office; Pharmacies; Healthcare facilities
Patients: Eligible patients based on application info includes: Demographic info with income, number of people in household, and payment frequency of income; Prescription info with pharmacy info, prescriber info, and any known allergies to meds; Proof of income (or no income) and residency in Wyoming
Notes: Secure packaging. Redispensed drugs shall not be within 2 months of expiration date. Dispensed drugs must be in the donation program under the Medical Assistance and Services Act. Available drugs for redispensing are inventoried and listed on the department’s internet website.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Any person or entity
Repositories: Pharmacy; Hospital; Health care institution
Patients: Indigent patients prioritized
Notes: No controlled substances or drugs subject to REMS programs
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Patient; Patient representative; Practitioner; Pharmacist; Medical facility; Drug manufacturer; Drug wholesaler
Repositories: Pharmacies
Patients: Priority give to uninsured patients
Notes: Secure packaging. Not a controlled substance.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Manufacturers; Wholesalers; Pharmacies; Oncology Centers; Individuals; Facilities; Hospitals
Repositories: Registered drug donation site
Patients: Indigent patients
Notes: Secure packaging. Drug bears an expiration date that is later than 90 days after the date donated. No controlled substances. No REMS program drugs. No compounded drugs.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any person or entity
Repositories: Pharmacies
Patients: “Eligible patient,” an indigent, uninsured, or underinsured person prioritized
Notes: Original, tamper-evident packaging
Donation & Reuse Laws: No
Operational Program: No
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Any person or institution
Repositories: Redistributor: any person or institution partaking in redistribution
Patients: Uninsured, underinsured, or are reliant on public health programs
Notes: Can transfer drugs to other instate redistributors and out of state redistributors
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Manufacturer; Wholesaler; Pharmacy; Medical clinic; Physician; Individual
Repositories: Charitable Prescription Drug Program
Patients: Charitable Prescription Drug Program eligible patients that are a state resident, underinsured or lack health insurance coverage for the prescription drug requested, or enrolled in a public assistance or a medical assistance program.
Notes: Program may accept and distribute within this state Rx drugs in original, sealed, tamper-evident packaging, displays lot number and expiration date. May not distribute donated Rx drugs that have an expiration date that is less than 9 months from the date the drugs are donated. No controlled substances that are under the program as adopted by the board by rule pursuant to ORS 689.774.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Nursing home resident; Guardian of resident; Representative of resident
Repositories: Pharmacy; Charitable clinic
Patients: Based on the economic needs of the person who will receive the prescription drug(s) under the Program. Patient has identification card showing they are eligible to receive donated prescription drugs under the Program.
Notes: Only Rx drugs in their original sealed packaging or unused injectables. No controlled substances.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any person or entity
Repositories: Contracted entities with state board of pharmacy
Patients: An eligible individual
Notes: Secure packaging. Opened multi-dose pack okay as long as single-unit doses remain in tact.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Patient or family member; Manufacturer, Wholesaler; Pharmacy, free clinic, hospital, or hospice care program
Repositories: Pharmacy or free clinic holding a valid, current North Carolina permit
Patients: An uninsured or underinsured patient who meets the eligibility criteria established by the board, free clinic, or pharmacy
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any person or entity
Repositories: Physician’s office; Pharmacy; Hospital; Health clinic
Patients: Eligible residents of Nebraska
Notes: Cancer drugs and immunosuppressants drugs only. Original, unopened packaging, except cancer drugs in single unit doses may be accepted if unopened.
Donation & Reuse Laws: No
Operational Program: No
Notes: Repealed their reclamation law 09/01/23
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any person or entity
Repositories: Any participating health entity
Patients: Any person who the board considers “qualified”
Notes: May accept cancer drugs if drug/device is in its original, unopened, sealed, and tamper-evident unit dose packaging. Cancer drug package in single-unit doses may be accepted if unopened.
Can’t accept expiration date earlier than 6 months after the date the drug was donated, consider adulterated or misbranded, or subject to restricted distribution pursuant.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Any person or entity
Repositories: Pharmacy; Hospital; Nonprofit clinic
Patients: Any person whose family income is 300% below the PFL
Notes: Donated drugs may be repackaged in a manner appropriate for distribution by participating pharmacies, hospitals, and nonprofit clinics
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Any person including a drug manufacturer, health care facility or government entity
Repositories: Pharmacy; Hospital; Nonprofit clinic
Patients: Any individual who meets states’ economic standards
Notes: Only drugs in their original sealed and tamper-evident packaging may be accepted and dispensed, except that drugs packaged in single unit doses
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any person over 18 or entity
Repositories: Pharmacy; Medical facility; Nonprofit community clinic or FQHC
Patients: Any state resident that is uninsured or underinsured
Notes: Must be more than 6 months from expiration. No controlled substances or drugs that require storage temperatures other than normal room temps, unless donated directly by its manufacturer, wholesale drug distributor, or a pharmacy located in Minnesota.
Donation & Reuse Laws: No
Operational Program: No
Notes: Bill 1208 in process, should know more by end of 2024
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any person or entity
Repositories: Pharmacy; Board approved drop-off sites
Patients: Any needy Maryland resident as indicated by resident’s practitioner
Notes: Must be in secure packaging. Donor must sign statement indicating ownership of drugs and voluntarily offering them to program. A repository may not establish a waiting list for any Rx drug or med supply dispensed by program. Cannot charge a dispense fee >$10.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any person or entity
Repositories: Charitable pharmacies
Patients: Appropriately screened and qualified patients
Notes: Secure packaging; HIPAA; No drug dispensed through a charitable pharmacy shall be eligible for reimbursement from Medicaid Pharmacy Program.
Donation & Reuse Laws: No
Operational Program: No
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Health facilities; Pharmacy
Repositories: Health facilities; Pharmacy
Patients: Indigent, uninsured, or underinsured; Other patients, if a need for the donated drugs is not identified among the above three
Notes: No controlled substances or samples
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Adult care homes; Mail service pharmacies; General medical care facilities
Repositories: Qualified center or clinic
Patients: Any medically indigent resident
Notes: Must come from a controlled storage unit of donating entity. Must be in original or tamper-evident packaging. Drugs purchased under Medicaid or SCHIP do not apply. No controlled substances.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any person over the age of 18
Repositories: Pharmacy; Medical facility
Patients: Any individual resident of Iowa who is indigent, has no 3rd party reimbursement coverage for the drug prescribed, receives income that doesn’t exceed 200% of FPL, acknowledges that the drug may be donated, or consents to waiver of child resistant packaging.
Notes: No controlled substances. No drugs that require storage temperature outside of room temp. No drugs that expire before completion.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Any person over 18
Repositories: Pharmacy; Wholesale drug distributor; Hospital licensed under IC 16-21; Health care facility; Nonprofit health clinic
Patients: Income < 200% FPL and is either uninsured or underinsured with no third party prescription drug reimbursement coverage
Notes: No controlled substances; No medicaid drugs unless product costs credited back to medicaid
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any person or entity
Repositories: Any person or entity legally authorized to possess medicine with a license or permit in the state
Patients: Indigent patients prioritized
Notes: No controlled substances
Donation & Reuse Laws: No
Operational Program: No
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any person or entity
Repositories: Pharmacy; Hospital; Federally qualified health center; Nonprofit clinic
Patients: Medically indigent person; Uninsured/underinsured; Those enrolled in a public assistance health benefits program
Notes: Drugs must be in sealed original or tamper-evident unit dosed packaging. Drug must not expire before completion of medication for prescription and OTC meds. No controlled substances or REMS.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Any person or entity
Repositories: A healthcare practitioner’s office; Pharmacy; Hospital; A nursing home facility; Free clinic or nonprofit healthcare clinic
Patients: State residents (indigent, uninsured, or underinsured) (Excluding those who are Medicaid eligible or those who are covered by prescription drug programs)
Notes: Must remain within shelf-life for redispensing purposes for pharmacist verification. State has a prescription drug donation repository program and a cancer drug donation program.
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: Yes
Donors: Patient; Patient Relative
Repositories: Health Care Facility; Hospital; Pharmacy; Assisted living facility; Correctional facility; Hospice
Patients: Uninsured/underinsured patients; Patients below 250% poverty level
Notes: No controlled substances; Must be sealed in individual packaged units; Must be within shelf life for redispensing purposes
* Effective until July 1, 2024
Donation & Reuse Laws: No
Operational Program: No
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Patient; Patient Relative (adult child, spouse, sibling, parent, legal guardian, administrator of patient estate)
Repositories: Charitable Clinic; Community Health Center
Patients: Charitable Patients
* Does not include patients who are eligible for Alabama Medicaid Program or other patients covered by the State of Alabama
Notes: Must be unit dosed and individually sealed dosed containers. No medicaid/controlled substance restrictions. Can accept medications in bulk containers from hospice programs only.
Donation & Reuse Laws: No
Operational Program: No
Donation & Reuse Laws: Yes
Operational Program: No
Donors: Clinic pharmacies of nursing facilities
Repositories: Charitable clinic including licensed outpatient pharmacy
Patients: Patients below 200% poverty level
Notes: No controlled substances