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:
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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
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