Bill Text: CT SB00194 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Reporting.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-03 - Senate Recommitted to General Law [SB00194 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00194-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly

 

Substitute Bill No. 194

February Session, 2016

 

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AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM REPORTING.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subdivision (4) of subsection (j) of section 21a-254 of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):

(4) On and after July 1, 2016, each pharmacy, nonresident pharmacy, as defined in section 20-627, outpatient pharmacy in a hospital or institution, and dispenser shall report to the commissioner by electronic means, in a format approved by the commissioner, the following information for all controlled substance prescriptions dispensed by such pharmacy or outpatient pharmacy immediately upon, but in no event [more] later than [twenty-four hours] the next day after, dispensing such prescriptions: (A) Dispenser identification number; (B) the date the prescription for the controlled substance was filled; (C) the prescription number; (D) whether the prescription for the controlled substance is new or a refill; (E) the national drug code number for the drug dispensed; (F) the amount of the controlled substance dispensed and the number of days' supply of the controlled substance; (G) a patient identification number; (H) the patient's first name, last name and street address, including postal code; (I) the date of birth of the patient; (J) the date the prescription for the controlled substance was issued by the prescribing practitioner and the prescribing practitioner's Drug Enforcement Agency's identification number; and (K) the type of payment.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1

July 1, 2016

21a-254(j)(4)

Statement of Legislative Commissioners:

In Section 1, the opening and closing brackets were removed before and after the comma before "dispensing", for clarity.

GL

Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO

 
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