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HB 293 Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements of prescribers of benzodiazepine or opiates.
Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements of prescribers of opioids. Requires a prescriber to obtain information from the Prescription Monitoring Program at the time of initiating a new course of treatment that includes the prescribing of opioids anticipated to last more than 14 consecutive days. Currently, a prescriber must request such information when a course of treatment is expected to last 90 days. The bill also eliminates the requirement that a prescriber request information about a patient from the Prescription Monitoring Program when prescribing benzodiazepine; allows a prescriber to delegate the duty to request information from the Prescription Monitoring Program to another licensed, registered, or certified health care provider who is employed at the same facility under the direct supervision of the prescriber or dispenser who has routine access to confidential patient data and has signed a patient data confidentiality agreement; and creates an exemption from the requirement that a prescriber check the Prescription Monitoring Program for cases in which (i) the opioid is prescribed to a patient currently receiving hospice or palliative care; (ii) the opioid is prescribed to a patient as part of treatment for a surgical procedure, provided that such prescription is not refillable; (iii) the opioid is prescribed to a patient during an inpatient hospital admission or at discharge; (iv) the opioid is prescribed to a patient in a nursing home or a patient in an assisted living facility that uses a sole source pharmacy; (v) the Prescription Monitoring Program is not operational or available due to temporary technological or electrical failure or natural disaster; or (vi) the prescriber is unable to access the Prescription Monitoring Program due to emergency or disaster and documents such circumstances in the patient's medical record. The bill requires the Director of the Department of Health Professions to report to the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health on utilization of the Prescription Monitoring Program and any impact on the prescribing of opioids. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2019. This bill is identical to SB 513.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102476D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104495D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB293ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0406) pdf
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0406) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/04/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102476D
- 01/04/16 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/14/16 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/02/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/16 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104495D-H1
- 02/10/16 House: Read first time
- 02/11/16 House: Read second time
- 02/11/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16104495D-H1
- 02/11/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB293H1
- 02/12/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE(99-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/25/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/29/16 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/02/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB293ER)
- 03/02/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/07/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016
- 03/07/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/11/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 406 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0406)
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0406)