PRINTER'S NO. 2849
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1987
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BARBIN, SAINATO, READSHAW, JAMES, KIRKLAND,
THOMAS, CALTAGIRONE AND ROTHMAN, DECEMBER 22, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, DECEMBER 22, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), entitled
"An act relating to the manufacture, sale and possession of
controlled substances, other drugs, devices and cosmetics;
conferring powers on the courts and the secretary and
Department of Health, and a newly created Pennsylvania Drug,
Device and Cosmetic Board; establishing schedules of
controlled substances; providing penalties; requiring
registration of persons engaged in the drug trade and for the
revocation or suspension of certain licenses and
registrations; and repealing an act," providing for
dispensing of fentanyl.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known
as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, is
amended by adding a section to read:
Section 4.1. Dispensing of Fentanyl.--(a) Fentanyl and
fentanyl derivatives, as used in section 4(1)(ii)23, shall only
be dispensed either:
(1) During a surgery that takes place in a health care
facility as defined in section 103 of the act of July 19, 1979
(P.L.130, No.48), known as the "Health Care Facilities Act."
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(2) To a patient in a hospice as defined in section 802.1 of
the "Health Care Facilities Act."
(b) The department, in consultation with the Pennsylvania
State Police, shall issue an annual report to the General
Assembly. The report shall contain the following:
(1) Information on the number of overdoses related to
fentanyl and the number of overdoses where fentanyl and opioids
were present.
(2) Any reduction in the dispensing of fentanyl.
(c) This section shall expire two years after the effective
date of this section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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