h_hie_2017a_2017-04-27t13:34:48z3 Hearing Summary

Date: 04/27/2017

Location: HCR 0107

04:39 PM -- HB 17-1350



Representatives Liston and Pettersen presented House Bill 17-1350 to the committee, along with amendment L.001 (Attachment G), a strike-below. The bill allows a pharmacist filling a prescription for a schedule II opioid to dispense the drug in smaller increments when the partial fill is requested by the patient or practitioner who wrote the prescription and the total amount dispensed through incremental fillings does not exceed the total quantity prescribed. The bill sets forth timing, documentation, and prescribing practitioner notification requirements concerning partial fillings of opioid prescriptions.



170427 AttachG.pdf



Under the bill, a patient who receives a partial opioid prescription is not subject to any cost sharing or coinsurance under his or her's health plan for subsequent fills of the remaining portion of the prescription after paying for the initial portion.





04:44 PM -- Dr. Robert Valuck, representing Colorado Consortium for Prescription Abuse Prevention, testified in support of the bill.



04:48 PM -- Dr. Larry Wolk, representing the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, testified in support of the bill.



04:50 PM -- Dr. Don Stader, representing the American College of Emergency Physicians, testified in support of the bill.



05:00 PM -- Angie Baker, representing Colorado Retail Council, testified in support of the strike-below amendment.



05:01 PM -- Brad Young, representing Rx Plus Pharmacies, testified in support of the strike-below amendment.



05:04 PM -- Chris Johnson, represnting County Sheriffs of Colorado, testified in support of the bill.



05:06 PM -- Carol Helwig, representing Boulder County Public Health and the Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials, testified in support of the bill.



05:10 PM -- Dr. Steven Wright, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.



05:12 PM -- Dr. Gina Moore, representing Colorado Pharmacists Society, testified in support of the strike-below amendment.



05:15 PM -- Ronnie Hines, representing the Department of Regulatory Agencies, testified in support of the bill.

05:17 PM



Representatives Liston and Pettersen wrapped up their presentation to the committee.