Delaware Senate Bill 278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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June 28 2012 - Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
Pending: House Health & Human Development Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Section 1 creates the Controlled Substance Advisory Committee, a designee/recommending body that previously existed only in regulation; makes numerous grammatical corrections; makes uniform the language pertaining to the Secretary’s duty to the public interest; codifies requirements applicants must meet before they are issued a controlled substance registration; adds discipline of one’s professional license as a basis to have a controlled substance registration denied or disciplined; limits the Secretary’s power to issue a rule to show cause order to those instances in which a registrant no longer meets the requirements for registration or has failed to complete mandatory continued education; increases the Secretary’s power to fine from $500 to $1,000 per offense; clarifies that all hearings contemplated by this Subchapter are governed by the APA; and revamps the Secretary’s power to temporarily suspend a controlled substance registration to create a process akin to that used by the Board of Medical Licensure & Discipline. Section 2 corrects 4798 (b)(9)(c) by deleting the word “prescribes” and replacing it with “dispenses”. Section 2 of this bill also creates a new requirement that dispensers check the patient utilization report for the past 12 months of any patient that the dispenser has a reasonable belief may be seeking controlled substances for any non-medical reason. This provision was inadvertently omitted from the initial bill creating the Prescription Monitoring Program.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Regulation Of The Manufacture, Distribution And Dispensing Of Controlled Substances, And The Delaware Prescription Monitoring Program.

Rep Mitchell	Sen Bushweller	Sen Sorenson	Sen Henry
Sen Simpson	Sen Hall-Long

2012-06-27 - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-28		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2012-06-27		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2012-06-27		Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2012-06-27		Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2012-06-27		Necessary rules are suspended in Senate
2012-06-26		Laid On Table in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/1bb8f6480c0f365485257a22005ca2e2?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+278/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/951596086984787885257a2a0077997a?OpenDocument