HF 524 (LSB 2302HV (2) 87)

HOUSE FILE 524

BY  COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 89)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to controlled substances, including reporting under the drug prescribing and dispensing information program and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 124.552, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   Each licensed pharmacy that dispenses controlled substances identified pursuant to section 124.554, subsection 1, paragraph “g”, to patients in the state, and each licensed pharmacy located in the state that dispenses such controlled substances identified pursuant to section 124.554, subsection 1, paragraph “g”, to patients inside or outside the state, unless specifically excepted in this section or by rule, shall submit the following prescription information to the program every day:
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Currently, pharmacies licensed under Code chapter 155A that dispense controlled substances are required to submit certain prescription information to the board of pharmacy’s information program for drug prescribing and dispensing. Board of pharmacy rules specify that information must be submitted on a weekly basis. This bill requires the information to be submitted every day.
   According to Code section 124.558, a pharmacist, pharmacy, prescribing practitioner, or agent of a pharmacist or prescribing practitioner who knowingly fails to comply with the bill shall be subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate professional licensing board.