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House amends controlled-substance reporting to include overdoses and convictions

Utah House of Representatives · February 11, 2016

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Summary

Lawmakers amended and passed HB 114 to add overdose hospital admissions and certain convictions to the state’s controlled-substance database so future prescribers can see an overdose history; sponsor said the change aims to improve prescriber decision-making amid high prescription-overdose rates, and the bill passed 69–0.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House on Monday amended and approved HB 114 to expand the controlled-substance database’s reporting so clinicians can see a patient’s history of overdose admissions or certain convictions when making prescribing decisions.

Sponsor Representative Ward described the bill as a small but important step in…

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