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Senate advances substitute of House Bill 127 to let regulators screen prescribers’ opioid patterns

Utah State Senate · March 7, 2018
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Summary

Senators substituted and passed language in House Bill 127 directing the division to review the controlled-substance database for prescribers whose opioid prescribing patterns fall outside CDC, state health, or literature-based standards; sponsors said the change targets prescribers rather than law-enforcement access to the database.

The Utah Senate on March 7 adopted a substitute to House Bill 127, amending the Controlled Substance Database Act to require the division to review prescribers whose opioid-prescribing patterns appear inconsistent with standards set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Utah Department of Health, or…

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