General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5784
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 948
*00948*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
REP. CARTER, 2nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5784
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 948
*00948*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
REP. CARTER, 2nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PHARMACISTS AND ABUSE-DETERRENT OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to prohibit pharmacists from making substitutions when an abuse-deterrent opioid is prescribed, unless the pharmacist receives written permission from the prescribing health care provider.
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent pharmacists from making a substitution when an abuse-deterrent opioid is prescribed, unless the pharmacist receives written permission from the prescribing health care provider.