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House advances licensing changes to let state target prescribers and give limited law-enforcement access to controlled-substance data
Summary
First substitute HB 260 authorizes the Department of Professional Licensing to use the controlled-substance database for prescriber education and creates a limited, supervised pathway for diversion investigators to request individual records; sponsor says the bill focuses on prevention and funds one FTE.
The Utah House considered first substitute House Bill 260 on Feb. 26, a measure that embeds two opioid-prevention tools in professional-licensing law: targeted education for prescribers identified through the controlled-substance database and a constrained mechanism for certain law-enforcement diversion investigators to request individual data.
Representative Ryan D. Ward, sponsor of the substitute, told the House the bill has two principal components. First, it authorizes the Department of Professional Licensing to examine the controlled-substance…
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