Washington D.C. Council Bill 220892 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 6 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-07-13 - Notice of Intent to Act on B22-0892 Published in the DC Register
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

As introduced, this bill requires the mandatory registration of physician prescribers and dispensers by December 31, 2018. It requires the Health Occupations Boards to ensure that a prescriber or dispenser is registered with the prescription drug monitoring program before licensing, renewing, reactivating, or reinstating a license. Among other things, it authorizes the Director to disclose information regarding specific investigations related to controlled substances to an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It also establishes penalties and fines for providing false information to the Department with the intent of obtaining unauthorized access to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Database or to alter the information contained in the database.

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Amendment Act Of 2018

Cnc. Phil Mendelson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-07-13	Council	Notice of Intent to Act on B22-0892 Published in the DC Register
2018-07-10	Council	Referred to Committee on Health
2018-07-06	Council	Introduced in Office of the Secretary

Type	Source
Summary	http://lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/B22-0892
Text	http://lims.dccouncil.gov/Download/40647/B22-0892-Introduction.pdf