Location: HCR 0107
Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB17-146
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, INSURANCE, & ENVIRONMENT
BILL SUMMARY for SB17-146
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, INSURANCE, & ENVIRONMENT
| Votes: View--> | Action Taken: |
| Refer Senate Bill 17-146 to the Committee of the W | PASS |
01:33 PM -- SB 17-146
Representative Ginal presented Senate Bill 17-146 to the committee and presented several handouts (Attachments A though E). The bill increases health professionals' access to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) database by:
• allowing a practitioner with prescribing authority to query the PDMP about a current patient, regardless of whether the practitioner is currently prescribing or considering prescribing any controlled substance;
• allowing a veterinarian with prescribing authority to query the PDMP about a current client or patient if the veterinarian has a reasonable basis to suspect the client has committed drug abuse or has mistreated an animal; and
• allowing a pharmacist to query the PDMP about a current patient for whom the pharmacist is dispensing any prescription drug, rather than only patients receiving controlled substances.
01:52 PM -- Ronne Hines, Director of Division of Professions and Occupations, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, testified in support of the bill.
02:04 PM -- Dr. Robert Valuck, representing the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, testified in support of the bill and presented a handout (Attachment F).
02:40 PM -- Dr. Tim Hackett, representing Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, and Dr. Bill Fredregill, representing Colorado Veterinary Medical Association, testified in support of the bill.
02:51 PM -- Dr. Gregg Minion, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.
02:56 PM -- Ed Shackelford, representing the Colorado Senior Lobby, testified in support of the bill.
02:59 PM -- Jeanette Hensley, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
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| BILL: | SB17-146 | |
| TIME: | 03:00:16 PM | |
| MOVED: | Ginal | |
| MOTION: | Refer Senate Bill 17-146 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-2. | |
| SECONDED: | Kennedy | |
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VOTE |
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Beckman |
Excused |
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Buckner |
Yes |
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Covarrubias |
Yes |
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Humphrey |
No |
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Jackson |
Yes |
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Kennedy |
Yes |
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Landgraf |
Yes |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Ransom |
No |
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Esgar |
Yes |
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Ginal |
Yes |
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Final YES: 8 NO: 2 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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