General Assembly Raised Bill No. 194 February Session, 2016 LCO No. 1457 *01457_______GL_* Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW Introduced by: (GL) General Assembly Raised Bill No. 194 February Session, 2016 LCO No. 1457 *01457_______GL_* Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW Introduced by: (GL) AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM REPORTING. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Subdivision (4) of subsection (j) of section 21a-254 of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016): (4) On and after July 1, 2016, each pharmacy, nonresident pharmacy, as defined in section 20-627, outpatient pharmacy in a hospital or institution, and dispenser shall report to the commissioner by electronic means, in a format approved by the commissioner, the following information for all controlled substance prescriptions dispensed by such pharmacy or outpatient pharmacy immediately upon, but in no event [more] later than [twenty-four hours] the next day after [,] dispensing such prescriptions: (A) Dispenser identification number; (B) the date the prescription for the controlled substance was filled; (C) the prescription number; (D) whether the prescription for the controlled substance is new or a refill; (E) the national drug code number for the drug dispensed; (F) the amount of the controlled substance dispensed and the number of days' supply of the controlled substance; (G) a patient identification number; (H) the patient's first name, last name and street address, including postal code; (I) the date of birth of the patient; (J) the date the prescription for the controlled substance was issued by the prescribing practitioner and the prescribing practitioner's Drug Enforcement Agency's identification number; and (K) the type of payment. This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 July 1, 2016 21a-254(j)(4) This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 July 1, 2016 21a-254(j)(4) Statement of Purpose: To allow pharmacies and dispensers to report prescription dispensing information pursuant to the electronic prescription drug monitoring program not later than the next day after dispensing such prescriptions. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]