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CS/CS/CS/SB 840: Controlled Substance Prescribing

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Health Policy ; Clemens

Controlled Substance Prescribing; Requiring that specified physicians who are registered with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe controlled substances complete a continuing education course before a certain date; providing that completion of the course is a condition of licensure renewal as of a certain date; authorizing certain employees of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs access to certain information in the prescription drug monitoring program’s database, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2017
 Last Action: 4/28/2017 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 557 (Ch. 2017-169) -SJ 542
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/9/2017 Senate • Filed
    2/23/2017 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Regulated Industries; Rules -SJ 100
    3/7/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 100
    3/29/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/03/17, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    4/3/2017 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 300
    4/5/2017 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 302
    4/6/2017 Senate • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 300
    4/12/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/17/17, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
    4/17/2017 Senate • CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 435
    4/19/2017 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Original reference(s) removed: Regulated Industries
    • Remaining references corrected to Rules -SJ 439
    • Now in Rules
    • CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time -SJ 436
    4/20/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/25/17, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    4/25/2017 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 478
    4/26/2017 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 480
    4/27/2017 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 478
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/17
    4/28/2017 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 541
    • Substituted CS/CS/HB 557 -SJ 542
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 557 (Ch. 2017-169) -SJ 542

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  • CS/CS/CS/SB 840, Committee Substitute 3 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/26/2017 at 1:49 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 557 (er) Controlled Substance Prescribing Health Quality Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 6/27/2017 Chapter No. 2017-169 Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    893.055 Prescription drug monitoring program. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/SB 840, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 4/19/2017 at 11:04 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/24/2017 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/26/2017 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 557 (c2) Controlled Substance Prescribing Health Quality Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 6/27/2017 Chapter No. 2017-169 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    780884 - Amendment
    Delete lines 25 - 32 and insert:     		Rules
    (Clemens)     		4/25/2017
    10:44 AM
    (Late Filed)     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/25/2017     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/25/2017 2:00 PM Rules 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    893.055 Prescription drug monitoring program. Page 2 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 840, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 4/5/2017 at 12:30 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 4/14/2017 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 4/19/2017 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 557 (c2) Controlled Substance Prescribing Health Quality Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 6/27/2017 Chapter No. 2017-169 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    199576 - Amendment
    Delete lines 20 - 120 and insert:     		Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    (Clemens)     		4/14/2017
    3:47 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/17/2017     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 198366 - Amendment to Amendment (199576)
    Delete lines 10 - 12 and insert:     		Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    (Clemens)     		4/17/2017
    1:43 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/17/2017     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/17/2017 4:00 PM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 6 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    456.44 Controlled substance prescribing. Page 1 (pdf)
    463.0055 Administration and prescription of ocular pharmaceutical agents. Page 4 (pdf)
    893.055 Prescription drug monitoring program. Page 2 (pdf)

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  • SB 840, Original Filed Version Posted 2/9/2017 at 1:20 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2017 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 4/5/2017 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 557 (c2) Controlled Substance Prescribing Health Quality Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 6/27/2017 Chapter No. 2017-169 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    573330 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Health Policy
    (Clemens)     		3/31/2017
    10:24 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/3/2017     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/3/2017 4:00 PM Health Policy 6 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    893.055 Prescription drug monitoring program. Page 1 (pdf)

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