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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 271

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Relating to: reporting by treatment programs using methadone and requiring review of prescription drug monitoring database.

Alcohol and other drug abuse Drugs Health services, department of — Health Medical service Physician

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires treatment programs that treat addiction using methadone to

report annually to the Department of Health Services (DHS) the information

specified in the bill. The bill requires that the treatment program ensure that the

information reported to DHS is provided in a manner that does not permit the

identification of an individual who is receiving methadone treatment from the

program. The bill also requires that before prescribing methadone, a physician or

other health care provider authorized to prescribe methadone must review for

treatment purposes an individual's records on the prescription drug monitoring

database for other methadone or pain medication use.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Gudex (R) , Harsdorf (R) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R)

42 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Allen (R) , Barca (D) , Billings (D) , Born (R) , Brostoff (D) , Edming (R) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Horlacher (R) , J. Ott (R) , Jagler (R) , Kerkman (R) , Knodl (R) , Kolste (D) , Kuglitsch (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Macco (R) , Meyers (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Novak (R) , Nygren (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Quinn (R) , Ripp (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Swearingen (R) , Tauchen (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , VanderMeer (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 16, 2015 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. Sep 29, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Darling, Gudex, Harsdorf, Marklein, Olsen, Petrowski, Cowles and Bewley; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Petryk, Novak, Tauchen, Swearingen, Spiros, Jagler, A. Ott, Ripp, Kerkman, Schraa, Horlacher, Murtha, Edming, Loudenbeck, VanderMeer, Allen, Petersen, Kuglitsch, Knodl, Tittl, Mursau, Macco, Sanfelippo, Born, Skowronski, Quinn, J. Ott, Kolste, Goyke, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Genrich, Meyers, Spreitzer, Barca, Subeck, Billings and Brostoff

  2. Sep 29, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Oct 13, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 13, 2015 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Oct 15, 2015 · Senate

    Representative Murphy added as a cosponsor

  6. Oct 16, 2015 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Oct 16, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Nov 2, 2015 · Senate

    Representative Tranel added as a cosponsor

  9. Nov 6, 2015 · Senate

    Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor

  10. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1