House File 558 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 558 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 90) (As Amended and Passed by the House April 1, 2013 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to drug control, including the criminal offense 1 of prohibited acts related to controlled substances and the 2 information program for drug prescribing and dispensing, and 3 providing a penalty. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 HF 558 (5) 85 jm/nh/md
H.F. 558 Section 1. Section 124.403, subsection 2, Code 2013, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. Any person who violates this section , or who acts with, 3 enters into a common scheme or design with, or conspires with 4 one or more other persons to violate this section , is guilty of 5 a serious an aggravated misdemeanor. 6 Sec. 2. Section 124.552, Code 2013, is amended by adding the 7 following new subsection: 8 NEW SUBSECTION . 5. The program shall include a warning on 9 all reports stating that “Medicaid fraud is a crime. If you 10 suspect Medicaid fraud, call the Iowa Medicaid fraud hotline.” 11 The warning shall include the toll-free telephone number of the 12 Iowa Medicaid fraud hotline. 13 Sec. 3. Section 124.553, Code 2013, is amended by adding the 14 following new subsection: 15 NEW SUBSECTION . 8. The board may enter into agreements for 16 the mutual exchange of information among prescription database 17 or monitoring programs in other jurisdictions. Any agreement 18 entered into pursuant to this subsection shall specify that all 19 the information exchanged shall be used and disseminated in 20 accordance with the laws of this state. 21 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION . 124.556A Medical assistance program 22 prescription drug lock-in program. 23 The department of human services shall provide to the board 24 the information set forth in section 217.30, subsection 1, for 25 any patient who is newly assigned after the effective date 26 of this Act to the Medicaid lock-in program because of drug 27 utilization issues. The patient-identifying information shall 28 be limited to the name, address, date of birth, and telephone 29 number of the patient, if available. The patient-identifying 30 information shall be incorporated into the information 31 reporting database and be accessible as provided in section 32 124.553. The board shall keep the lock-in information up to 33 date and shall remove the Medicaid lock-in designation from the 34 information reporting database when a Medicaid recipient is 35 -1- HF 558 (5) 85 jm/nh/md 1/ 2
H.F. 558 removed from the Medicaid lock-in program. 1 -2- HF 558 (5) 85 jm/nh/md 2/ 2