Bill Text - HB291 (2017)

(New Title) removing veterinarians from the requirements of adopting rules for prescribing opioids and querying the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.


Revision: Feb. 16, 2017, 2:06 p.m.

HB 291-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

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2017 SESSION

17-0178

01/09

 

HOUSE BILL 291-FN

 

AN ACT removing veterinarians from the requirements of adopting rules for prescribing opioids and querying the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29; Rep. J. Belanger, Hills. 27; Rep. Fraser, Belk. 1; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2

 

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes the requirement that the board of veterinary medicine adopt rules regarding prescribing opioids and that veterinarians query the controlled drug prescription monitoring program when prescribing such drugs.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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01/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT removing veterinarians from the requirements of adopting rules for prescribing opioids and querying the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Board of Veterinary Medicine; Rulemaking RSA 332-B:7-a, XV is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

XV.  Formulating treatment plans for chronic pain and continuing education requirements regarding opioid use and prescribing opioids.

2  Prescribers Required to Query the Program Prior to Prescribing Controlled Substances.  Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 318-B:39 to read as follows:

Except for veterinarians, prescribers required to register with the program under this subdivision shall query the program for a patient's initial prescription when prescribing schedule II, III, and IV opioids for the management or treatment of pain and then periodically and at least twice per year, except when:

3  Repeal.  RSA 318-B:41, III and IV, relative to the requirement that the board of veterinary medicine adopt rules for prescribing opioids, are repealed.

4  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBAO

17-0178

Amended 2/15/17

 

HB 291-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2017-0321h)

 

AN ACT (New Title) removing veterinarians from the requirements of adopting rules for prescribing opioids and querying the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food