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House approves amendment to make controlled‑substance database real‑time and expand reporting authority

Utah House of Representatives · February 5, 2008

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Summary

The House adopted Amendment 1 and passed substitute HB 119 to make Utah’s controlled‑substance database real‑time, broaden 'physician' to 'prescribing practitioner' and provide limited liability protections for pharmacies; sponsors cited timeliness as the core problem and noted a $650,000 one‑time and $175,000 ongoing fiscal note.

Lawmakers on the House floor voted to amend and pass a substitute version of House Bill 119, a measure intended to convert Utah’s controlled‑substance prescription monitoring database into a real‑time reporting system and to broaden the set of prescribers who report.

Representative Dahl introduced Amendment 1 (dated Feb. 5, 2008),…

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