Bill Text: MI HB5003 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health; pharmaceuticals; limitation on prescribing schedule 3 or 4 narcotics to individuals convicted of drug offenses; provide for. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 7333c.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-27 - Printed Bill Filed 05/27/2009 [HB5003 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5003-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5003

 

May 26, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Lori, Walsh, Proos, Lund, DeShazor, Bolger, Rick Jones, Elsenheimer, Kurtz, Haines, Pearce, Schuitmaker, Tyler and Opsommer and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 7333c.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7333c. Beginning January 1, 2010, a prescriber shall not

 

prescribe a controlled substance included in schedule 3 or 4 to a

 

patient who has been convicted of a drug offense and who is

 

incarcerated in a state correctional facility or municipal jail

 

unless in the opinion of the prescriber no other reasonable

 

treatment option is available. As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Drug offense" means any crime involving a prescription

 

drug, including illegally manufacturing, creating, delivering,

 

distributing, or possessing prescription drugs, illegally obtaining

 

prescription drugs, illegally using or abusing prescription drugs,

 

or violating an order of probation through the illegal use, abuse,

 

or handling of prescription drugs.

 

     (b) "Prescription drug" means that term as defined in section

 

17708.