HB1513: relative to an evidence-based prescription drug education program.

CHAPTER 119

HB 1513-FN – FINAL VERSION

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HOUSE BILL 1513-FN

AN ACT relative to an evidence-based prescription drug education program.

SPONSORS: Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 22; Rep. Nordgren, Graf 9; Rep. Case, Rock 1; Rep. Harding, Graf 11

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the commissioner of the department of health and human services to establish an evidence-based prescription drug education program to provide health care providers with information and education on the therapeutic and cost-effective utilization of prescription drugs. Under this bill, the commissioner shall make a progress report to the oversight committee on health and human services.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to an evidence-based prescription drug education program.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

119:1 New Paragraph; Health and Human Services; Evidence-Based Prescription Drug Education Program. Amend RSA 126-A:5 by inserting after paragraph XVI the following new paragraph:

XVII. The commissioner or designee shall participate in the development of an evidence-based prescription drug education program designed to provide health care providers who are licensed to prescribe or dispense prescription drugs with information and education on the therapeutic and cost-effective utilization of prescription drugs. This program may be developed under the leadership of the New Hampshire Medical Society in partnership with area health education centers programs administered by Dartmouth Medical School and any organization in New Hampshire or other state the partnership shall see fit to consult. The commissioner or partners may seek grants and financial gifts from non-profit charitable foundations to cover planning and development of this program. The commissioner or partners shall present a progress report on the development of the program to the oversight committee on health and human services by November 1, 2008.

119:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 3, 2008

Effective Date: June 3, 2008