Senate File 2102 - Enrolled
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB
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A BILL FOR
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Senate File 2102
AN ACT
RELATING TO ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION PROGRAM FOR DRUG
PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING ADMINISTERED BY THE BOARD OF
PHARMACY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. NEW SECTION. 124.550 Definitions.
For purposes of this division, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. "Pharmacist" means a practicing pharmacist who is
actively engaged in and responsible for the pharmaceutical care
of the patient about whom information is requested.
2. "Prescribing practitioner" means a practitioner who
has prescribed or is contemplating the authorization of
a prescription for the patient about whom information is
requested.
Sec. 2. Section 124.551, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
124.551 Information program for drug prescribing and
dispensing.
1. Contingent upon the receipt of funds pursuant to section
124.557 sufficient to carry out the purposes of this division,
the board, in conjunction with the advisory council created in
section 124.555, shall establish and maintain an information
program for drug prescribing and dispensing.
2. The program shall collect from pharmacies dispensing
information for controlled substances identified pursuant to
section 124.554, subsection 1, paragraph "g". The information
collected shall be used by prescribing practitioners and
pharmacists on a need=to=know basis for purposes of improving
patient health care by facilitating early identification of
patients who may be at risk for addiction, or who may be
using, abusing, or diverting drugs for unlawful or otherwise
unauthorized purposes at risk to themselves and others, or
who may be appropriately using controlled substances lawfully
prescribed for them but unknown to the practitioner. For
purposes of this division, "prescribing practitioner" means
a practitioner who has prescribed or is contemplating the
authorization of a prescription for the patient about whom
information is requested, and "pharmacist" means a practicing
pharmacist who is actively engaged in and responsible for the
pharmaceutical care of the patient about whom information is
requested.
3. The board shall implement technological improvements
to facilitate secure access to the program through electronic
health and pharmacy information systems. The board shall
collect, store, and disseminate program information consistent
with security criteria established by rule, including use of
appropriate encryption or other industry=recognized security
technology.
4. The board shall seek any federal waiver necessary to
implement the provisions of the program.
Sec. 3. Section 124.553, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH. e. An institutional user established by
the board to facilitate the secure access of a prescribing
practitioner or pharmacist to the program through electronic
health and pharmacy information systems.
Sec. 4. Section 124.553, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
2. The board shall maintain a record of each person that
requests information from the program. Pursuant to rules
adopted by the board and advisory council under section
124.554, the board may use the records to document and report
statistical information, and may provide program information
for statistical, public research, public policy, or educational
purposes, after removing personal identifying information of a
patient, prescribing practitioner, dispenser, or other person
who is identified in the information.
PAM JOCHUM
President of the Senate
LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2102, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
Secretary of the Senate
Approved , 2016
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor
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