H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 124.552, subsection 3, unnumbered 1 paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 2 Information shall be timely transmitted weekly, as 3 designated by the board and advisory council by rule, unless 4 the board grants an extension. The board may grant an 5 extension if either of the following occurs: 6 Sec. 2. Section 124.552, subsection 4, Code 2018, is amended 7 to read as follows: 8 4. This section shall not apply to a prescribing 9 practitioner furnishing, dispensing, supplying, or 10 administering drugs to the prescribing practitioner’s patient, 11 or to dispensing by a licensed pharmacy for the purposes 12 purpose of inpatient hospital care, inpatient hospice care , or 13 long-term residential facility patient care . 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill requires Iowa-licensed pharmacies that dispense 18 certain controlled substances to patients both within and 19 outside of Iowa to report to the information program for drug 20 prescribing and dispensing (Iowa prescription monitoring 21 program), on a weekly basis, information pertaining to the 22 controlled substances they dispensed, unless the board of 23 pharmacy grants an extension. The bill also removes the 24 reporting exemptions previously granted to prescribing 25 practitioners dispensing, supplying, or administering drugs to 26 their own patients and pharmacies dispensing for the purposes 27 of inpatient hospital care or long-term residential facility 28 patient care, but retains the reporting exemption for licensed 29 pharmacies dispensing for the purpose of inpatient hospice 30 care. 31 -1- LSB 5141YC (3) 87 ss/rh 1/ 1