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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

SB 317

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electronic prescriptions for schedule II controlled substances.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, controlled substances are divided into five separate

schedules, depending on the substance's potential for abuse, whether the substance

has a currently accepted and safe medical use, and whether and to what degree the

substance leads to physical or psychological dependence. Schedule II substances are

those that have a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe physical or

psychological dependence, but also have a currently accepted medical use.

Under current law, a drug that is a schedule II substance may be dispensed to

a person directly by a practitioner or by a pharmacy with a written prescription by

the practitioner or, in the case of an emergency, by a pharmacist who receives an oral

or electronic prescription by the practitioner that is promptly reduced to writing and

filed by the pharmacist.

Under this bill, a drug that is a schedule II substance may be dispensed by a

pharmacy with an electronic prescription by the practitioner in cases that are not

emergencies and without the requirement that the prescription be reduced to

writing.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Vukmir (R)

1 cosponsors

Stone (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 10, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Dec 6, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Vukmir;Cosponsored by Representative Stone

  2. Dec 6, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health

  3. Dec 13, 2011 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 7, 2012 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 offered by Senator Vukmir

  5. Feb 10, 2012 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 10, 2012 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Feb 10, 2012 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Feb 10, 2012 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 20, 2012 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-21-2012 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Feb 21, 2012 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 adopted

  11. Feb 21, 2012 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Feb 21, 2012 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  13. Feb 21, 2012 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  14. Feb 21, 2012 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Feb 21, 2012 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 22, 2012 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  17. Feb 29, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  18. Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-6-2012 by committee on Rules

  19. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:08 A.M. on 3-13-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22

  20. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Mar 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Mar 13, 2012 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  26. Mar 26, 2012 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-26-2012

  27. Mar 27, 2012 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-27-2012

  28. Mar 30, 2012 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-28-2012. 2011 Wisconsin Act 159

  29. Mar 30, 2012 · Senate

    Published 4-11-2012