Relating to an electronic prescription monitoring program; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.
Catchline/Summary:
Requires Department of Human Services to establish and maintain prescription monitoring program for monitoring and reporting certain prescription drugs dispensed by pharmacies.Requires State Board of Pharmacy to establish electronic prescription monitoring program for information reported by certain pharmacies regarding dispensing of certain prescription drugs.] Requires Department of Human Services to establish and maintain prescription monitoring program for monitoring and reporting certain prescription drugs dispensed by pharmacies. Restricts access to and limits use of reported information. Provides certain immunities from civil liability relating to reporting or use of information.
Authorizes board to impose on individual violator of program and related provisions maximum penalty of $250 and on drug outlet violator maximum penalty of $1,000.] Authorizes Attorney General to impose civil penalty up to maximum of $10,000 for each violation of program.
Requires licensees of certain boards to pay $25 annual fee for prescribing and dispensing controlled substances. Establishes Electronic Prescription Monitoring Fund consisting of portion of fees. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to State Board of Pharmacy] department for purpose of administering program.
Creates Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Commission.
Increases biennial expenditure limitation for payment of expenses for health services from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by department.
Increases certain biennial expenditure limitation for payment of expenses from federal funds collected or received by department.
Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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