Revision: Jan. 23, 2013, midnight
SB 71 – AS INTRODUCED
2013 SESSION
01/05
SENATE BILL 71
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the use and misuse of prescription drugs in workers’ compensation cases.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20
This bill establishes a committee to study the use and misuse of prescription drugs in workers’ compensation cases.
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13-0960
01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the use and misuse of prescription drugs in workers’ compensation cases.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study the use and misuse of prescription drugs in workers’ compensation cases.
2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Two members of the senate, one of whom shall be the chairperson of the senate health, education and human services committee, appointed by the president of the senate.
(b) Three members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be the chairperson of the health, human services and elderly affairs committee, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
3 Duties. The committee shall study the extent of misuse and abuse of opiates by injured workers and the direct and indirect social and economic costs of opiate misuse. The committee shall evaluate the effectiveness of laws in other states and consider possible enhancement of the controlled drug prescription health and safety program, possible establishment of a closed formulary, and promulgating establishment of interagency opiod dosing guidelines and pain treatment guidelines governing utilization.
4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named senate member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Three members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2013.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.