PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 884
PRINTER'S NO. 1261
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
728
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY YAW, BREWSTER, WARD, RAFFERTY, BARTOLOTTA, COSTA,
FOLMER, RESCHENTHALER, VULAKOVICH AND MENSCH, MAY 24, 2017
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, OCTOBER 17, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 27, 2014 (P.L.2911, No.191),
entitled "An act providing for prescription drug monitoring;
creating the ABC-MAP Board; establishing the Achieving Better
Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions Program; and providing
for unlawful acts and penalties," further providing for
requirements for prescribers.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8(a.1) of the act of October 27, 2014
(P.L.2911, No.191), known as the Achieving Better Care by
Monitoring All Prescriptions Program (ABC-MAP) Act, added
November 2, 2016 (P.L.980, No.124), is amended to read:
Section 8. Requirements for prescribers.
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(a.1) Query not required.--
(1) [If] NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTION (A), IF a patient
has been admitted to a licensed health care facility or is in
observation status in a licensed health care facility, the
prescriber does not need to query the system after [the] AN
initial query [under subsection (a)(1)] as long as the
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patient remains admitted to the licensed health care facility
or remains in observation status in a licensed health care
facility.
(2) If a patient has been IS prescribed a nonnarcotic
Schedule V controlled substance, as defined in the act of
April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled
Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, that treats an
epilepsy or FOR THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY OR A seizure
disorder, the prescriber does not need to query the system
under subsection (a)(1).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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