SB83: relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.

CHAPTER 79

SB 83 – FINAL VERSION

2013 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 83

AN ACT relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.

SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Pierce, Dist 5; Sen. Rausch, Dist 19; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Harding, Graf 13; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 30; Rep. L. Ober, Hills 37; Rep. Hess, Merr 24; Rep. S. Schmidt, Carr 6

COMMITTEE: Health, Education and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill:

I. Adds a member to the advisory council established as part of the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.

II. Changes the date for the performance audit to be conducted by the legislative budget assistant.

III. Deletes the prospective repeal of the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

AN ACT relative to the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.

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

79:1 New Subparagraph; Controlled Drug Prescription Health and Safety Program; Advisory Council. Amend RSA 318-B:38, I by inserting after subparagraph (l) the following new subparagraph:

(m) A representative of the New Hampshire Hospital Association, appointed by the association.

79:2 Performance Audit; Date Change. Amend 2012, 196:3, II to read as follows:

II. The office of the legislative budget assistant shall conduct a performance audit of the program on or before December 31, [2014] 2017 for the use of the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the governor, in evaluating the effectiveness of the program established in section 2 of this act, including but not limited to changes in the number and type of drug-related deaths, the number of instances of drug abuse, and the number of instances of overprescribing.

79:3 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. 2012, 196:3, IV, relative to accepting moneys for the controlled drug prescription health and safety program after September 15, 2015.

II. 2012, 196:4, relative to the repeal of the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.

III. 2012, 196:5, I, relative to the repeal of the controlled drug prescription health and safety program.

79:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 7, 2013

Effective Date: June 7, 2013