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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 647

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Relating to: the prescription drug monitoring program. (FE)

Controlled substances board Corporation — Taxation Drugs Drugs — Criminal acts and law enforcement Sunset

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires the Controlled Substances Board to establish a

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) that requires pharmacies and

health care practitioners to generate records documenting the dispensing of

monitored prescription drugs. Records from the PDMP may be disclosed to persons

specified under current law or by the board by rule. This bill makes changes to

certain requirements under the PDMP:

1. Subject to exceptions, current law requires that a patient's records under the

program be reviewed before a practitioner issues a prescription order for the patient.

However, current law provides that this requirement does not apply after April 1,

2020. The bill extends the application of this requirement by five years, to April 1,

2025.

2. Current law requires the board to conduct a quarterly review of the PDMP

to evaluate the actual outcomes of the PDMP compared with projected outcomes.

However, current law provides that this requirement does not apply after October

30, 2020. The bill extends the application of this requirement by five years, to

October 30, 2025.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Billings (D) , Born (R) , Bowen (D) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Hutton (R) , Jagler (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Kolste (D) , Kulp (R) , Magnafici (R) , Mursau (R) , Nygren (R) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Pope (D) , Quinn (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sargent (D) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R)

9 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Larson (D) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R) , Schachtner (D) , Stuck (D) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jan 16, 2020 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 14, 2020 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 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Nygren, Plumer, Magnafici, Hutton, James, Petryk, Kolste, Sargent, Billings, Born, Snyder, Petersen, Kitchens, Quinn, Felzkowski, Edming, Kulp, Rohrkaste, Knodl, Tusler, Duchow, Dittrich, Tranel, Thiesfeldt, Jagler, Spiros, Mursau, Ramthun, Pope, Doyle, Bowen and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Cowles, Olsen, Wanggaard, Schachtner and Marklein

  2. Dec 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention

  3. Dec 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  4. Dec 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Stuck added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 8, 2020 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  9. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 by Committee on Rules

  11. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  15. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Jan 22, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Jan 27, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  18. Jan 27, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  20. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  21. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a cosponsor

  22. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a second time

  23. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  25. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  26. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  28. Feb 25, 2020 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020

  29. Feb 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker

  30. Mar 3, 2020 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 121

  31. Mar 3, 2020 · Assembly

    Published 3-4-2020