1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2019 . 2. Prohibition of dubious marketing and medically unreasonable distribution practices with respect to opioids (a) Dubious marketing or distribution practice with respect to an opioid (1) In general In this section, the term dubious marketing or distribution practice with respect to an opioid , subject to paragraph (2), means— (A) including in any advertisement, promotion, direct-to-consumer marketing materials, or other marketing material a representation that an opioid has no addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability or has less of an addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability than one or more other opioids, knowing the representation to be false, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), in consultation with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (referred to in this section as the Commissioner ), based on research, tes­ti­mo­ni­als, and other evidence; (B) knowingly supplying States or communities with a quantity of opioids that the person knows is not medically reasonable; or (C) failing to report to the Secretary any order or pattern of orders for the distribution of opioids in a State or community that the person knows are not being dispensed in a medically reasonable manner. (2) Limitation An act does not constitute a dubious marketing or distribution practice with respect to an opioid , with respect to a natural person— (A) within the meaning of paragraph (1)(B), if such natural person was not involved in the decision making regarding the quantity of opioids to supply