Bill Text - HB284 (2019)

Relative to biennial controlled substance inventories conducted under the Controlled Drug Act.


Revision: Dec. 2, 2019, 11:36 a.m.

CHAPTER 8

HB 284 - FINAL VERSION

 

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2019 SESSION

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01/08

 

HOUSE BILL 284

 

AN ACT relative to biennial controlled substance inventories conducted under the Controlled Drug Act.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires persons required by federal law to conduct biennial controlled substance inventories to conduct them every odd-numbered year.  Current law provides specific dates for such inventories.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to biennial controlled substance inventories conducted under the Controlled Drug Act.

 

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

 

8:1  Controlled Drug Act; Biennial Controlled Substance Inventories.  Amend RSA 318-B:12, III to read as follows:

III.  Practitioners including physicians, podiatrists, dentists, veterinarians, optometrists, advanced practice registered nurses, manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacies, clinics, hospitals, laboratories, and any other person required by federal law to conduct biennial controlled substance inventories, shall do so [beginning May 1, 1991, and thereafter on May 1 of] in accordance with 21 U.S.C. section 1304.11(c) inventory requirements every odd-numbered year.  The pharmacy board, established in RSA 318:2, may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the board's responsibility for ensuring compliance with this paragraph.

8:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: May 10, 2019

Effective Date: July 09, 2019