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HB 1249 Prescription Monitoring Program; registration with Program for prescriber treating human patients.
Introduced by: M. Keith Hodges | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Prescription Monitoring Program; prescriber requirements. Requires prescribers to be registered with the Prescription Monitoring Program by the Department of Health Professions upon filing an application for licensure or renewal of a license, if the prescriber has not already registered. The bill requires prescribers to request information from the Director of the Department of Health Professions to determine what, if any, other covered substances are currently being prescribed to any patient for whom the prescriber is initiating a new course of treatment that includes the prescribing of benzodiazepine or an opiate, when such course of treatment is anticipated to last more than 90 consecutive days and for which a treatment agreement is entered into, except when the prescriber's course of treatment arises from pain management relating to dialysis or cancer treatment. The bill also authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to identify and publish a list of benzodiazepines or opiates that have a low potential for abuse by human patients, the prescription of which shall not require the prescriber to request and obtain information from the Prescription Monitoring Program. This bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2015. This bill is identical to SB 294.
FULL TEXT
- 01/17/14 House: Presented and ordered printed 14103851D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/14 House: Committee substitute printed 14104563D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/14 House: Printed as engrossed 14104563D-EH1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1249ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/03/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0093) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/17/14 House: Presented and ordered printed 14103851D
- 01/17/14 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/22/14 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/28/14 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/14 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/14 House: Committee substitute printed 14104563D-H1
- 01/31/14 House: Read first time
- 02/03/14 House: Read second time
- 02/03/14 House: Committee substitute agreed to 14104563D-H1
- 02/03/14 House: Amendments by Delegate Hodges agreed to
- 02/03/14 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1249EH1
- 02/03/14 House: Printed as engrossed 14104563D-EH1
- 02/04/14 House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/04/14 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/05/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/13/14 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/14 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/14 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/14 House: Enrolled
- 02/19/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1249ER)
- 02/19/14 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/14 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/14 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 93 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/03/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0093)