Bill Text: CA AB864 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Controlled substances: CURES database.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB864 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB864-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 864

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Introduced by Assembly Member Low

February 17, 2021

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An act relating to controlled substances.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 864, as introduced, Low. Controlled substances: CURES database.

Existing law classifies certain controlled substances into Schedules I to V, inclusive. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) database for the electronic monitoring of the prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances by a health care practitioner authorized to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense a Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substance.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to transfer maintenance and operation of CURES from the Department of Justice to the State Department of Public Health no later than January 1, 2023.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to transfer maintenance and operation of the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) from the Department of Justice to the State Department of Public Health no later than January 1, 2023.