SB 361

This bill authorizes a hospice worker to receive written authorization from a

personal representative or trustee of a deceased person's estate or trust, or an adult

beneficiary of the estate or trust, to lawfully transfer a controlled substance to a drug

disposal program that is authorized under state or federal law. Under the bill, the

authorization is valid only if it satisfies certain conditions, including that the

authorization describes the controlled substance with reasonable specificity and

that the authorization and the controlled substance were obtained by the hospice

worker without the payment of money or something else of value.

Under current law, a person may not, and it is often a crime to, deliver, receive,

or possess certain controlled substances unless the person is a licensed pharmacist

or other licensed practitioner, has a valid prescription for the controlled substance,

or lawfully possesses the controlled substance for the purpose of transferring it to a

drug disposal program that is authorized under state or federal law.