General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5906
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1279
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
REP. NAFIS, 27th Dist. SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5906
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1279
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
REP. NAFIS, 27th Dist.
SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND USE OF THE CONNECTICUT PRESCRIPTION MONITORING AND REPORTING SYSTEM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That title 21a of the general statutes be amended to require a health care provider, who prescribes a controlled substance, to review the Department of Consumer Protection's Connecticut Prescription Monitoring and Reporting System for the patient's previous history of controlled substance use, if any, before prescribing a controlled substance to the patient.
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure health care providers are fully aware of patients' history of controlled drug use prior to prescribing controlled substances.