Bill Title: Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Requires a recipient of certain pain management medication to sign a written agreement with the prescribing physician agreeing to comply with the conditions of the prescription. Prohibits additional prescriptions while the recipient is noncompliant. Limits the applicability of the lack of pain management as a consideration in awarding benefits. Provides for the disclosure of violations of the agreement upon request by the employer. Requires a prescribing physician to file quarterly reports to obtain payment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5240 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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