House File 524 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 524 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 89) A BILL FOR An Act relating to controlled substances, including reporting 1 under the drug prescribing and dispensing information 2 program and making penalties applicable. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2302HV (2) 87 tr/nh

H.F. 524 Section 1. Section 124.552, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 2 Each licensed pharmacy that dispenses controlled substances 3 identified pursuant to section 124.554, subsection 1 , 4 paragraph “g” , to patients in the state, and each licensed 5 pharmacy located in the state that dispenses such controlled 6 substances identified pursuant to section 124.554, subsection 7 1 , paragraph “g” , to patients inside or outside the state, 8 unless specifically excepted in this section or by rule, shall 9 submit the following prescription information to the program 10 every day : 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 Currently, pharmacies licensed under Code chapter 155A that 15 dispense controlled substances are required to submit certain 16 prescription information to the board of pharmacy’s information 17 program for drug prescribing and dispensing. Board of pharmacy 18 rules specify that information must be submitted on a weekly 19 basis. This bill requires the information to be submitted 20 every day. 21 According to Code section 124.558, a pharmacist, pharmacy, 22 prescribing practitioner, or agent of a pharmacist or 23 prescribing practitioner who knowingly fails to comply with the 24 bill shall be subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate 25 professional licensing board. 26 -1- LSB 2302HV (2) 87 tr/nh 1/ 1