Introduced
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To establish a hospice exception from a law that prohibits prescribers who do not have a “bona fide prescriber-patient relationship" from prescribing controlled substance painkillers. This restriction requires a medical service provider to have reviewed a patient’s relevant medical records, and completed a full medical history and current condition assessment including an examination. The proposed exception is intended to let hospice care providers adjust medication to the meet serious and rapidly changing needs of a dying individual.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Reported without amendment
Refer to the Committee on Ways and Means with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Passed in the House 110 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To establish a hospice exception from a law that prohibits prescribers who do not have a “bona fide prescriber-patient relationship" from prescribing controlled substance painkillers. This restriction requires a medical service provider to have reviewed a patient’s relevant medical records, and completed a full medical history and current condition assessment including an examination. The proposed exception is intended to let hospice care providers adjust medication to the meet serious and rapidly changing needs of a dying individual.
Passed in the House 109 to 0 (details)
