Bill Text: NH SB71 | 2013 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Establishing a committee to study the use and misuse of prescription drugs in workers' compensation cases.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-02 - Signed by the Governor on 06/28/2013; Chapter 0161; Effective 06/28/2013 [SB71 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2013-SB71-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 161

SB 71 – FINAL VERSION

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2013 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 71

AN ACT establishing a committee to study the use and misuse of prescription drugs in workers’ compensation cases.

SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a committee to study the use and misuse of prescription drugs in workers’ compensation cases.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/14/13 0203s

24Apr2013… 1228h

13-0960

01/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT establishing a committee to study the use and misuse of prescription drugs in workers’ compensation cases.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

161:1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study the use and misuse of prescription drugs in workers’ compensation cases.

161:2 Membership and Compensation.

I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

(b) Three members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be a member of the health, human services and elderly affairs committee and one of whom shall be a member of the labor, industrial and rehabilitative services committee, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

161:3 Duties. The committee shall study the extent of misuse and abuse of opiates and other commonly abused prescription medications by injured workers and the direct and indirect social and economic costs of such misuse. The committee shall evaluate the effectiveness of laws in other states and consider possible enhancement of the controlled drug prescription health and safety program, possible establishment of a closed formulary, promulgating establishment of interagency opiod dosing guidelines and pain treatment guidelines governing utilization, and such other areas of inquiry the committee deems relevant to its purpose.

161:4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named senate member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Three members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

161:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2013.

161:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 28, 2013 Effective Date: June 28, 2013

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