Florida Senate - 2017                                     SB 840
       
       
        
       By Senator Clemens
       
       31-01147-17                                            2017840__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the prescription drug monitoring
    3         program; amending s. 893.055, F.S.; revising
    4         requirements for reporting the dispensing of
    5         controlled substances; limiting an exception to
    6         reporting requirements for certain facilities
    7         dispensing controlled substances; specifying when a
    8         revised reporting requirement takes effect; providing
    9         effective dates.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (4) and paragraph (g) of subsection
   14  (5) of section 893.055, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   15         893.055 Prescription drug monitoring program.—
   16         (4) Each time a controlled substance is dispensed to an
   17  individual, the controlled substance shall be reported to the
   18  department through the system as soon thereafter as possible,
   19  but not more than 24 hours 7 days after the date the controlled
   20  substance is dispensed unless an extension is approved by the
   21  department for cause as determined by rule. A dispenser must
   22  meet the reporting requirements of this section by submitting
   23  via the Internet providing the required information concerning
   24  each controlled substance that it dispensed in a department
   25  approved, secure methodology and format. Such approved formats
   26  may include, but are not limited to, submission via the
   27  Internet, on a disc, or by use of regular mail.
   28         (5) When the following acts of dispensing or administering
   29  occur, the following are exempt from reporting under this
   30  section for that specific act of dispensing or administration:
   31         (g) A rehabilitative hospital, assisted living facility, or
   32  nursing home dispensing a certain dosage of a controlled
   33  substance, as needed, to a patient while the patient is present
   34  and receiving care as ordered by the patient’s treating
   35  physician.
   36         Section 2. The requirement that the dispensing of a
   37  controlled substance be reported to the Department of Health
   38  within 24 hours in s. 893.055(4), Florida Statutes, as amended
   39  by this act, shall take effect January 1, 2018.
   40         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.