Delaware Senate Bill 235 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 15 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-07-15 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Bill is the Delaware Prescription Monitoring Program Act. It provides for the establishment of a program for the monitoring of prescribing and dispensing Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances and other drugs of concern by the Office of Controlled Substances of the Division of Professional Regulation. It requires dispensers to submit certain information regarding the dispensing of controlled substances. That information is compiled into a database that can be accessed by physicians and other prescribers to provide them additional information about their patient’s history of controlled substance use. That information can be used to lessen the diversion of controlled substances without interfering with their legitimate uses, such as chronic pain management. Information is also made available in certain circumstances to law enforcement and regulatory boards, to assist them in the investigation of unlawful use of controlled substances. Prescription monitoring information is protected health information, and the bill instructs the Office of Controlled Substances to maintain procedures to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of patient information. The bill also creates criminal penalties for unlawful disclosure of prescription information. The Office of Controlled Substances is required to provide the General Assembly with an annual evaluation of the program.

An Act To Amend Title 16 Of The Delaware Code Creating The Delaware Prescription Monitoring Act.

Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. George [?]
Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Thomas Kovach [R]	Rep. Clifford Lee [R]
Rep. John Mitchell [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Sen. Gary Simpson [R]	Sen. Liane Sorenson [R]

2010-06-24 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2010-05-13 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-07-15		Signed by Governor
2010-06-24		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-06-02		Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT) in House with 7 On Its Merits
2010-05-27		Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House
2010-05-13		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-05-13		Amendment SA 3 - Laid On Table in Senate
2010-05-13		Amendment SA 3 - Introduced in Senate
2010-05-13		Amendment SA 2 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2010-05-13		Amendment SA 2 - Introduced in Senate
2010-05-05		Reported Out of Committee (FINANCE) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2010-04-20		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/adceee8588bba00c852576f8006499f4?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+235/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/2b0fb58f91898f3385257722007769f2?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/ab98a46a778019d78525774c0070f935?OpenDocument