Indiana Senate Bill 226 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Passed on April 26 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-26 - Public Law 182
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Prescribing and dispensing of opioids. Limits the amount of an opioid prescription a prescriber may issue for: (1) an adult who is being prescribed an opioid for the first time; and (2) a child; unless the prescription is for the treatment of specified conditions or circumstances. Requires documentation in the use of certain exemptions. Requires a prescriber to issue a prescription for an opioid in a lesser amount if requested by specified individuals and to document the request. Requires a pharmacist, upon the request of a specified individual, to partially fill the opioid prescription in compliance with federal law. Requires

Prescribing and dispensing of opioids. Limits the amount of an opioid prescription a prescriber may issue for: (1) an adult who is being prescribed an opioid for the first time; and (2) a child; unless the prescription is for the treatment of specified conditions or circumstances. Requires documentation in the use of certain exemptions. Requires a prescriber to issue a prescription for an opioid in a lesser amount if requested by specified individuals and to document the request. Requires a pharmacist, upon the request of a specified individual, to partially fill the opioid prescription in compliance with federal law. Requires

Sen. James Merritt [R]	Sen. John Ruckelshaus [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Erin Houchin [R]
Sen. Frank Mrvan [D]	Rep. Cindy Kirchhofer [R]	Rep. Steven Davisson [R]	Rep. Cindy Ziemke [R]
Rep. Charlie Brown [D]

2017-03-21 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2017-03-15 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2017-02-20 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 39 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-02-08 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-26	Senate	Public Law 182
2017-04-26	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2017-04-25	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2017-04-10	House	Signed by the Speaker
2017-03-27	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2017-03-22	House	Returned to the Senate without amendments
2017-03-21	House	Representatives Ziemke and Brown, C. added as cosponsors
2017-03-21	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 286: yeas 97, nays 0
2017-03-20	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2017-03-16	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2017-02-28	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2017-02-21	Senate	Referred to the House
2017-02-20	Senate	Senator Mrvan added as coauthor
2017-02-20	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Davisson
2017-02-20	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Kirchhofer
2017-02-20	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 141: yeas 39, nays 10
2017-02-16	Senate	Amendment #3 (Merritt) prevailed; voice vote
2017-02-16	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2017-02-13	Senate	Senator Houchin added as coauthor
2017-02-13	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-01-24	Senate	Senator Charbonneau added as third author
2017-01-12	Senate	Senator Ruckelshaus added as second author
2017-01-09	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2017-01-09	Senate	Authored by Senator Merritt

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/226/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/a/b/e/aabe53f6/SB0226.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/0/7/a/307a0142/SB0226.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/1/d/f/01dffcf6/SB0226.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/2/2/8/e2284436/SB0226.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/4/2/6/24260217/SB0226.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/0/7/0/c0702d33/SB0226.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/4/0/1/e401ac38/SB0226.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/9/5/8/99584627/SB0226.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/9/5/2/b9523207/SB0226.05.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/9/a/9/19a999cf/SB0226.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/9/f/6/49f6c4ea/SB0226.141.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/d/e/9/ede9d86c/SB0226.03.ENGS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/c/0/5/bc056588/SB0226.286.pdf