| 1 | 1 | | 2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE |
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| 2 | 2 | | LRB-2203/1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | MED:skw |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 68 |
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| 5 | 5 | | February 24, 2025 - Introduced by Representative DITTRICH, cosponsored by |
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| 6 | 6 | | Senator TESTIN. Referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term |
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| 7 | 7 | | Care. |
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| 9 | 9 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT to amend 961.385 (2) (cs) 1., 961.385 (5) (b) and 961.385 (6) (a) of the |
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| 11 | 11 | | statutes; relating to: the prescription drug monitoring program. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 13 | 13 | | Current law requires the Controlled Substances Board to establish a |
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| 14 | 14 | | prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) that requires pharmacies and |
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| 15 | 15 | | health care practitioners to generate records documenting the dispensing of |
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| 16 | 16 | | monitored prescription drugs. Records from the PDMP may be disclosed to persons |
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| 17 | 17 | | specified under current law or by the board by rule. This bill makes changes to |
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| 18 | 18 | | certain requirements under the PDMP: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1. Subject to exceptions, current law requires that a patient[s records under |
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| 20 | 20 | | the program be reviewed before a practitioner issues a prescription order for the |
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| 21 | 21 | | patient. However, current law provides that this requirement does not apply after |
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| 22 | 22 | | April 1, 2025. The bill extends the application of this requirement by five years, to |
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| 23 | 23 | | April 1, 2030. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2. Current law requires the board to conduct a quarterly review of the PDMP |
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| 25 | 25 | | to evaluate the actual outcomes of the PDMP compared with projected outcomes. |
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| 26 | 26 | | However, current law provides that this requirement does not apply after October |
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| 27 | 27 | | 30, 2025. The bill extends the application of this requirement by five years, to |
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| 28 | 28 | | October 30, 2030. |
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| 29 | 29 | | For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as |
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| 30 | 30 | | an appendix to this bill. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 2025 - 2026 Legislature |
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| 33 | 33 | | ASSEMBLY BILL 68 |
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| 34 | 34 | | - 2 - LRB-2203/1 |
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| 35 | 35 | | MED:skw |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 38 | 38 | | enact as follows: |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 1. 961.385 (2) (cs) 1. of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 40 | 40 | | 961.385 (2) (cs) 1. Require that a patient[s records under the program be |
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| 41 | 41 | | reviewed before the practitioner issues a prescription order for the patient. The |
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| 42 | 42 | | review required under this subdivision may be performed by the practitioner or by |
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| 43 | 43 | | the practitioner[s agent in accordance with applicable standards of practice. This |
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| 44 | 44 | | subdivision does not apply after April 1, 2025 2030. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. 961.385 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 46 | 46 | | 961.385 (5) (b) This subsection does not apply after October 30, 2025 2030. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 3. 961.385 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 48 | 48 | | 961.385 (6) (a) The results of the board[s review under sub. (5). This |
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| 49 | 49 | | paragraph does not apply after October 30, 2025 2030. |
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