Date: 02/28/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB12-037

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved amendment L.001 (Attachment G). The motion p
Moved to refer Senate Bill 12-037, as amended, to 		Pass Without Objection
PASS



02:57 PM -- Senate Bill 12-037

Representative Young presented Senate Bill 12-037, concerning the ability to dispense a controlled substance based on an electronically transmitted prescription drug order. The bill conforms Colorado statutes to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration regulations by allowing a pharmacy to dispense a prescribed Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance from an electronically transmitted prescription. It allows a practitioner to dispense these controlled substances directly to the ultimate user without a written prescription. A fact sheet about the bill (Attachment F) and amendment L.001 (Attachment G) were distributed to the committee.

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02:59 PM -- Val Kalnins, Colorado Pharmacists Society, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Kalnins described the need for the bill to conform with federal regulations and the safety of electronic prescriptions. Mr. Kalnins responded to questions about whether patients have to provide identification when picking up prescriptions.


03:04 PM -- Mary Brown, Quality Health Network, testified in support of the bill.

03:08 PM

Representative Young explained amendment L.001.

BILL:SB12-037
TIME: 03:08:37 PM
MOVED:Young
MOTION:Moved amendment L.001 (Attachment G). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Kefalas
VOTE
Bradford
Brown
Fields
Joshi
Kefalas
Kerr J.
Massey
McCann
Peniston
Schafer S.
Young
Acree
Summers
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection



03:09 PM

Representative Young responded to a question about the language in the bill that allows a practitioner, other than a pharmacy, to dispense certain controlled substances directly to the ultimate user without a written prescription.


03:10 PM -- Shannon Butler, Colorado Retail Council, was asked to come to the table to respond to the question about the language in the bill that allows a practitioner, other than a pharmacy, to dispense certain controlled substances directly to the ultimate user without a written prescription.


BILL:SB12-037
TIME: 03:11:37 PM
MOVED:Young
MOTION:Moved to refer Senate Bill 12-037, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0.
SECONDED:Massey
VOTE
Bradford
Yes
Brown
Yes
Fields
Yes
Joshi
Yes
Kefalas
Yes
Kerr J.
Yes
Massey
Yes
McCann
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Schafer S.
Yes
Young
Yes
Acree
Yes
Summers
Yes
YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS




03:12 PM

The committee adjourned.