H1699B3533A08536 BIL:JMT 06/20/16 #90 A08536
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1699
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE R. BROWN
Printer's No. 3533
Amend Bill, page 2, line 18, by striking out all of said line
and inserting
(a) Limitation on quantity of opioid drug products.--
(1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2), a
Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 22 and 23
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if, in the
professional medical judgment of a health care practitioner,
more than a seven-day supply of an opioid drug product is
required to treat a patient's acute medical condition or is
necessary for the treatment of pain associated with a cancer
diagnosis or for palliative care, then the health care
practitioner may issue a prescription for the quantity needed
to treat such acute medical condition or pain associated with
a cancer diagnosis or for palliative care. The condition
triggering prescription of the opioid drug product under this
paragraph shall be documented in the patient's medical
record, and the health care practitioner must indicate that a
non-opioid drug product alternative was not appropriate to
treat the medical condition and that the health care
practitioner provided the patient with a pain management
referral.
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See A08536 in
the context
of HB1699