Bill Text: NH SB522 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Making an appropriation to the office of professional licensure and certification for technology upgrades for the controlled drug prescription health and safety program and relative to the forfeiture of property.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-28 - II. Remainder Effective 06/24/2016 [SB522 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB522-Introduced.html
SB 522-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
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SENATE BILL 522-FN-A
AN ACT making an appropriation to the pharmacy board for technology upgrades for the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Forrester, Dist 2; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Little, Dist 8; Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Sen. Prescott, Dist 23; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr. 11; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills. 30; Rep. L. Ober, Hills. 37
COMMITTEE: Finance
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ANALYSIS
This bill makes an appropriation to the New Hampshire pharmacy board for technology upgrades for the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT making an appropriation to the pharmacy board for technology upgrades for the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Appropriation; Pharmacy Board; Controlled Drug Prescription Health and Safety Program. The sum of $130,000 is hereby appropriated to the pharmacy board for the biennium ending June 30, 2017 for the purposes of technology upgrades for the controlled drug prescription health and safety program, established in RSA 318-B:32. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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SB 522-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT making an appropriation to the pharmacy board for technology upgrades for the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Professional Licensure and Certification states this bill, as introduced, will increase state expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2017. There will be no fiscal impact to state, county, and local revenue or county and local expenditures.
This bill appropriates $130,000 in state general funds for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, to the pharmacy board located within the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification for the purposes of this act.
METHODOLOGY:
The Office of Professional Licensure and Certification states this bill appropriates $130,000 for technology upgrades to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program to support mandatory use and enhanced reporting and information gathering. A vendor has estimated the cost of the technology upgrade to system to be approximately $130,000 although the exact cost has not yet been determined and requires further assessment.
