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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 766

Review and reporting requirements for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. (FE)

Became law

The governor signed it on Mar 17, 2016. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 22, 2016

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 16, 2016

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Mar 15, 2016

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2015 Wisconsin Act 267

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 17, 2016: “Published 3-18-2016”

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What it does

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill creates program review and reporting requirements for the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) administered by the Controlled Substances Board. Beginning in 2017, the bill requires the board to conduct an annual review of the PDMP to evaluate the actual program outcomes compared with projected outcomes. That review must include an evaluation of the satisfaction with the PDMP of pharmacists, pharmacies, practitioners, and other users of the PDMP and the PDMP's impact on referrals of pharmacists, pharmacies, and practitioners to relevant boards for discipline and to law enforcement agencies for investigation and prosecution. The bill requires the board to report the results of its annual program review to the Department of Safety and Professional Services. The bill sunsets the program review requirement after the program review is conducted in 2020.

Also beginning in 2017, the bill requires the board to submit a report to DSPS on an annual basis that includes all of the following:

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1. An assessment of the trends and changes in the use of monitored prescription drugs in Wisconsin.

2. The number of practitioners, by profession, and pharmacies submitting records to the board under the PDMP.

3. A description of the number, frequency, and nature of certain submissions of information to the PDMP by law enforcement agencies, including notices of suspected violations of controlled substances laws, opioid-related drug overdoses, deaths as a result of using a narcotics, and reports of stolen controlled-substance prescriptions. This reporting requirement becomes effective only if 2015 Assembly Bill 365 becomes law.

4. A description of the number, frequency, and nature of requests for disclosure of records generated under the PDMP.

5. The number of individuals receiving prescription orders from five or more practitioners or having monitored prescription drugs dispensed by five or more pharmacies within the same 90-day period.

6. The number of individuals receiving daily morphine milligram equivalents of one to 19 milligrams, 20 to 49 milligrams, 50 to 99 milligrams, and 100 or more milligrams.

7. The number of individuals to whom both opioids and benzodiazepines were dispensed within the same 90-day period.

Who's behind it

26 lawmakers are its ⁠. 19 are Republicans and 7 are Democrats.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 31 names

Authors (26)

Signed on in support (5)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 4 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Health vote on an amendment

Passed, 11 to 0 · Feb 11, 2016

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 11, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly Committee on Health vote to recommend it

Passed, 11 to 0 · Feb 11, 2016

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 11, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 98 to 0 · Feb 16, 2016 · 1 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (98)

Didn't vote (1)

Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 14, 2016

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 17, 2016

    The new law was published.

  2. Mar 17, 2016

    The governor signed it. It became 2015 Wisconsin Act 267.

  3. Mar 16, 2016

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Mar 15, 2016

    The Senate passed it too.

  5. Mar 14, 2016

    “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)

  6. Feb 17, 2016

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  7. Feb 17, 2016

    The Senate received it.

  8. Feb 16, 2016

    The Assembly passed it, 98 to 0.

  9. Feb 16, 2016

    The Assembly adopted it.

  10. Feb 16, 2016

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  11. Feb 11, 2016

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  12. Feb 11, 2016

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 0.

  13. Feb 10, 2016

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  14. Feb 9, 2016

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  15. Feb 3, 2016

    The committee held a public hearing.

  16. Jan 22, 2016

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.

  17. Jan 22, 2016

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 22, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Nygren, Tauchen, Spiros, Petersen, T. Larson, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Czaja, Petryk, Sanfelippo, Katsma, Knodl, A. Ott, Kitchens, Novak, Kremer, Edming, Duchow, Tranel, Kahl, Billings, Kolste, Goyke, Ohnstad, Considine and Hintz; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Harsdorf, Marklein, Olsen and Carpenter

  2. Jan 22, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Feb 2, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Nygren

  4. Feb 3, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 10, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Feb 10, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  9. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  10. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  11. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 by Committee on Rules

  13. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  14. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  15. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  17. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 98, Noes 0

  20. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  22. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  23. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  25. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-15-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  26. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  27. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  29. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  30. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Mar 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  32. Mar 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-16-2016

  33. Mar 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-16-2016

  34. Mar 17, 2016 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-17-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 267

  35. Mar 17, 2016 · Assembly

    Published 3-18-2016

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Wisconsin Act

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Author

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Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

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Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary