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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE DATABASE - REPORTING

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OF PRESCRIBED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

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OVERDOSE OR POISONING

             4     
2010 GENERAL SESSION

             5     
STATE OF UTAH

             6     
Chief Sponsor: Bradley M. Daw

             7     
Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

             8      Cosponsors:
             9      Trisha S. BeckPaul RayF. Jay Seegmiller              10     
             11      LONG TITLE
             12      General Description:
             13          This bill amends the Utah Health Code, the Utah Controlled Substances Act, and
             14      related provisions to provide for notification to a practitioner when a person who is 12
             15      years of age or older is admitted to a hospital for poisoning by, or overdose of, a
             16      prescribed controlled substance that the practitioner may have prescribed to the person.
             17      Highlighted Provisions:
             18          This bill:
             19          .    requires that, when a person who is 12 years of age or older is admitted to a general
             20      acute hospital for poisoning by, or overdose of, a prescribed controlled substance,
             21      the general acute hospital must report the poisoning or overdose, and other
             22      information, to the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL);
             23          .    requires that, when DOPL receives a report described in the preceding paragraph,
             24      DOPL must notify each practitioner who may have written a prescription for the
             25      controlled substance of the poisoning or overdose and certain information relating
             26      to the poisoning or overdose;
             27          .     requires the division to increase the licensing fee for manufacturing, producing,
             28      distributing, dispensing, administering, or conducting research, to pay the startup
             29      and ongoing costs of the division for complying with the requirements of the


             30      preceding paragraph; and
             31          .    makes technical changes.
             32      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             33          None
             34      Other Special Clauses:
             35          This bill coordinates with H.B. 28 by providing technical amendments.
             36      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             37      ENACTS:
             38          26-21-26, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             39          58-37-7.9, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             40      Utah Code Sections Affected by Coordination Clause:
             41          58-37-7.9, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             42     
             43      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             44          Section 1. Section 26-21-26 is enacted to read:
             45          26-21-26. General acute hospital to report prescribed controlled substance
             46      poisoning or overdose.
             47          (1) Beginning on July 1, 2012, if a person who is 12 years of age or older is admitted
             48      to a general acute hospital for poisoning involving a prescribed controlled substance, the
             49      general acute hospital shall, within three business days after the day on which the person is
             50      admitted, send a written report to the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing,
             51      created in Section 58-1-103 , that includes:
             52          (a) the patient's name;
             53          (b) each drug or other substance found in the person's system that may have
             54      contributed to the poisoning or overdose, if known; and
             55          (c) the name of each person who the general acute hospital has reason to believe may
             56      have prescribed a controlled substance described in Subsection (1)(b) to the person, if known.
             57          (2) Nothing in this section may be construed as creating a new cause of action.


             58          Section 2. Section 58-37-7.9 is enacted to read:
             59          58-37-7.9. Reporting prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose to a
             60      practitioner.
             61          (1) The definitions in Subsection 58-37-7.5 (1) apply to this section.
             62          (2) Beginning on July 1, 2012, if the division receives a report from a general acute
             63      hospital under Section 26-21-26 , regarding admission to a general acute hospital for poisoning
             64      or overdose involving a prescribed controlled substance, the division shall, within three
             65      business days after the day on which the report is received:
             66          (a) attempt to identify, through the database, each practitioner who may have
             67      prescribed the controlled substance to the patient; and
             68          (b) provide each practitioner identified under Subsection (2)(a) with:
             69          (i) a copy of the report provided by the general acute hospital under Section 26-21-26 ;
             70      and
             71          (ii) the information obtained from the database that led the division to determine that
             72      the practitioner receiving the information may have prescribed the controlled substance to the
             73      person named in the report.
             74          (3) It is the intent of the Legislature that the information provided under Subsection
             75      (2)(b) is provided for the purpose of assisting the practitioner in:
             76          (a) discussing with the patient issues relating to the poisoning or overdose;
             77          (b) advising the patient of measures that may be taken to avoid a future poisoning or
             78      overdose; and
             79          (c) making decisions regarding future prescriptions written for the patient.
             80          (4) Beginning on July 1, 2010, the division shall, in accordance with Section
             81      63J-1-504 , increase the licensing fee described in Subsection 58-37-6 (1)(b) to pay the startup
             82      and ongoing costs of the division for complying with the requirements of this section.
             83          Section 3. Coordinating H.B. 35 with H.B. 28 -- Technical amendments.
             84          If this H.B. 35 and H.B. 28, Controlled Substance Database Amendments, both pass, it
             85      is the intent of the Legislature that the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


             86      shall prepare the Utah Code database for publication by renumbering and amending Section
             87      58-37-7.9 to read:
             88          " 58-37f-702. Reporting prescribed controlled substance poisoning or overdose to
             89      a practitioner.
             90          (1) Beginning on July 1, 2012, if the division receives a report from a general acute
             91      hospital under Section 26-21-26 , regarding admission to a general acute hospital for poisoning
             92      or overdose involving a prescribed controlled substance, the division shall, within three
             93      business days after the day on which the report is received:
             94          (a) attempt to identify, through the database, each practitioner who may have
             95      prescribed the controlled substance to the patient; and
             96          (b) provide each practitioner identified under Subsection (1)(a) with:
             97          (i) a copy of the report provided by the general acute hospital under Section 26-21-26 ;
             98      and
             99          (ii) the information obtained from the database that led the division to determine that
             100      the practitioner receiving the information may have prescribed the controlled substance to the
             101      person named in the report.
             102          (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the information provided under Subsection
             103      (1)(b) is provided for the purpose of assisting the practitioner in:
             104          (a) discussing with the patient issues relating to the poisoning or overdose;
             105          (b) advising the patient of measures that may be taken to avoid a future poisoning or
             106      overdose; and
             107          (c) making decisions regarding future prescriptions written for the patient.
             108          (3) Beginning on July 1, 2010, the division shall, in accordance with Section
             109      63J-1-504 , increase the licensing fee described in Subsection 58-37-6 (1)(b) to pay the startup
             110      and ongoing costs of the division for complying with the requirements of this section."


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