Bill Summary for H 243 (2017-2018)

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Jun 30 2017

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 243 (Public) Filed Thursday, March 2, 2017
AN ACT STRENGTHENING OPIOID MISUSE PREVENTION BY EXTENDING STANDING ORDERS FOR OPIOID ANTAGONIST TO COMMUNITY HEALTH GROUPS; REQUIRING SUPERVISING PHYSICIANS TO PERSONALLY CONSULT WITH PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS WHO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN SCHEDULE II OR III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR LONG-TERM USE; REQUIRING ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING OF CERTAIN SCHEDULE II AND III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM LIMITS FOR INITIAL PRESCRIPTIONS OF SCHEDULE II AND III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; REQUIRING HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION REGARDING PROPER DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN UNUSED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; CLARIFYING ALLOWABLE FUNDS FOR SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; REQUIRING VETERINARIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REPORTING SYSTEM; ESTABLISHING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR PHARMACIES THAT EMPLOY DISPENSERS WHO IMPROPERLY REPORT INFORMATION TO THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REPORTING SYSTEM (CSRS); EXPANDING THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS) IN USING CSRS DATA TO DETECT AND PREVENT FRAUD AND MISUSE; MANDATING DISPENSER REGISTRATION FOR ACCESS TO THE CSRS; MANDATING DISPENSER AND PRACTITIONER USE OF THE CSRS; REQUIRING DHHS TO REPORT PRACTITIONERS WHO FAIL TO PROPERLY USE THE CSRS; CREATING A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO SUPPORT THE CSRS; AND REQUIRING AN ANNUAL REPORT FROM DHHS ON THE CSRS.
Intro. by Murphy, Davis, Malone, Horn.

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AN ACT STRENGTHENING OPIOID MISUSE PREVENTION BY EXTENDING STANDING ORDERS FOR OPIOID ANTAGONIST TO COMMUNITY HEALTH GROUPS; REQUIRING SUPERVISING PHYSICIANS TO PERSONALLY CONSULT WITH PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS WHO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN SCHEDULE II OR III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR LONG-TERM USE; REQUIRING ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING OF CERTAIN SCHEDULE II AND III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM LIMITS FOR INITIAL PRESCRIPTIONS OF SCHEDULE II AND III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; REQUIRING HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION REGARDING PROPER DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN UNUSED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; CLARIFYING ALLOWABLE FUNDS FOR SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; REQUIRING VETERINARIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REPORTING SYSTEM; ESTABLISHING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR PHARMACIES THAT EMPLOY DISPENSERS WHO IMPROPERLY REPORT INFORMATION TO THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REPORTING SYSTEM (CSRS); EXPANDING THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS) IN USING CSRS DATA TO DETECT AND PREVENT FRAUD AND MISUSE; MANDATING DISPENSER REGISTRATION FOR ACCESS TO THE CSRS; MANDATING DISPENSER AND PRACTITIONER USE OF THE CSRS; REQUIRING DHHS TO REPORT PRACTITIONERS WHO FAIL TO PROPERLY USE THE CSRS; CREATING A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO SUPPORT THE CSRS; AND REQUIRING AN ANNUAL REPORT FROM DHHS ON THE CSRS. Enacted June 29, 2017. Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, and 13 are effective July 1, 2017. Subsections (a), (a1), and (a2) of GS 90-106, as amended by Section 6 of this act, are effective January 1, 2020. Subsections (a3) and (a4) of GS 90-106, as amended by Section 6 of this act, are effective January 1, 2018. Section 10 of this act and GS 90-113.75A and GS 90-11375B, as enacted by Section 12 of this act, are effective September 1, 2017. The remainder of the act is effective June 29, 2017, and applies to acts committed 30 days after the date the State CIO notifies the Revisor of Statutes that (i) the upgrades to the CSRS database described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of Section 12F.7 of SL 2016-94 have been completed and (ii) the upgraded CSRS database is fully operational within the Department of Information Technology and connected to the statewide health information exchange.