General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1060
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3842
*03842_______GL_*
Referred to Committee on General Law
Introduced by:
(GL)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 1060
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3842
*03842_______GL_*
Referred to Committee on General Law
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (6) of subsection (j) of section 21a-254 of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall, not later than July 1, 2012, adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, concerning the transfer of electronic controlled substance prescription information from prescribers to pharmacies. Such regulations shall comply with electronic prescription transmission regulations of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, 21 CFR 1300 et seq., as amended from time to time.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2011 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2011
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to adopt regulations concerning the transfer of electronic controlled substance prescription information from prescribers to pharmacies.
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