STRENGTHEN CONTROLLED SUB. REPORTING SYSTEM.

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View NCGA Bill Details2011-2012 Session
Senate Bill 723 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 19, 2011
TO STRENGTHEN THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REPORTING SYSTEM BY REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO UPDATE THE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE REAL-TIME PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION, BY REQUIRING DISPENSERS TO REPORT PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER DISPENSING A PRESCRIPTION, AND BY REQUIRING PRESCRIBERS AND DISPENSERS TO REVIEW INFORMATION IN THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REPORTING SYSTEM PRIOR TO PRESCRIBING OR DISPENSING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A PATIENT.
Intro. by Hise.

Status: Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Senate Action) (Apr 20 2011)

Bill History:

S 723

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 20 2011 - View Summary

    Amends GS 90-113.73 to require the NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to maintain an electronic reporting system that provides real-time prescription information for all Schedule II through Schedule V controlled substances (current law does not require the reporting system to be electronic or that the information be provided in real-time). Further amends this statute requiring the Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services to adopt rules requiring dispensers to report information currently required under GS 90-113.73(b) within twenty-four hours after dispensing a prescription for a Schedule II through Schedule V controlled substance (current law does not require reporting within twenty-four hours). Amends Article 5E of GS Chapter 90 (the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act) to add a new GS 90-113.74A requiring that all dispensers and providers review all information in the DHHS controlled substances reporting system pertaining to a patient for the preceding 12-month period prior to prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance to that patient to determine if the prescription is medically necessary and appropriate (emergency situations in which immediate action necessary to preserve the life or health of a patient are exempt from this requirement). Effective December 1, 2011.