Bill Text: IA SSB3031 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the issuance of an annual prescribing practitioner activity report to prescribing practitioners.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2018-01-29 - Subcommittee Meeting: 01/30/2018 11:15AM RM 315 [SSB3031 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SSB3031-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3031
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
GOVERNOR’S
OFFICE
OF
DRUG
CONTROL
POLICY
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
issuance
of
an
annual
prescribing
1
practitioner
activity
report
to
prescribing
practitioners.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
124.553,
subsection
1,
Code
2018,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
g.
A
prescribing
practitioner
for
the
3
issuance
of
a
required
report
pursuant
to
section
124.554,
4
subsection
3.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
124.554,
subsection
1,
Code
2018,
is
amended
6
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
7
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
j.
The
issuance
annually
of
a
prescribing
8
practitioner
activity
report
compiled
from
information
from
the
9
program
pursuant
to
subsection
3.
10
Sec.
3.
Section
124.554,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
adding
the
11
following
new
subsection:
12
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
a.
Beginning
February
1,
2019,
and
13
annually
by
February
1
thereafter,
the
board
shall
issue
each
14
prescribing
practitioner
who
prescribed
a
controlled
substance
15
reported
to
the
program
as
dispensed
in
the
preceding
calendar
16
year
in
this
state
a
prescribing
practitioner
activity
report
17
which
shall
include
but
not
be
limited
to
the
following:
18
(1)
A
cover
letter.
19
(2)
A
summary
of
the
prescribing
practitioner’s
history
of
20
prescribing
controlled
substances.
21
(3)
A
comparison
of
the
prescribing
practitioner’s
history
22
of
prescribing
controlled
substances
with
the
history
of
other
23
prescribing
practitioners
of
the
same
profession
or
specialty.
24
(4)
The
prescribing
practitioner’s
history
of
program
use.
25
(5)
General
patient
risk
factors.
26
(6)
Educational
updates.
27
(7)
Other
pertinent
information
identified
by
the
board
and
28
advisory
council
by
rule.
29
b.
Information
provided
to
a
prescribing
practitioner
30
in
a
report
required
under
this
subsection
shall
be
kept
31
confidential
pursuant
to
section
124.553,
subsection
3.
32
Sec.
4.
Section
124.556,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
33
follows:
34
124.556
Education
and
treatment.
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The
program
for
drug
prescribing
and
dispensing
shall
1
include
education
initiatives
and
outreach
to
consumers,
2
prescribing
practitioners,
and
pharmacists,
and
shall
also
3
include
assistance
for
identifying
substance
abuse
treatment
4
programs
and
providers.
The
program
shall
also
include
5
educational
updates
and
information
on
general
patient
risk
6
factors
for
prescribing
practitioners.
The
board
and
advisory
7
council
shall
adopt
rules,
as
provided
under
section
124.554
,
8
to
implement
this
section
.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
This
bill
requires
the
board
of
pharmacy
and
the
advisory
13
council
to
promulgate
rules
allowing
the
annual
issuance
of
14
confidential
activity
reports
to
prescribing
practitioners
who
15
prescribe
any
controlled
substances.
The
reports
would
include
16
information
from
the
information
program
for
drug
prescribing
17
and
dispensing,
known
as
the
Iowa
prescription
monitoring
18
program
(PMP),
including
a
summary
of
the
prescribing
19
practitioner’s
history
of
prescribing
controlled
substances,
20
comparisons
to
other
prescribing
practitioners
of
the
same
21
profession
and
specialty,
the
prescribing
practitioner’s
22
history
of
program
use,
general
patient
risk
factors,
23
educational
updates,
and
other
pertinent
information.
The
bill
24
amends
Code
section
124.553
to
allow
the
board
to
disclose
25
such
information
when
issuing
annual
activity
reports.
The
26
bill
also
requires
the
board
to
include
information
on
general
27
patient
risk
factors
and
educational
updates
in
the
PMP.
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