Bill Text: NJ A708 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires hospitals to post notice in emergency departments concerning prescription drug diversion.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee [A708 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A708-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MARY PAT ANGELINI
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblyman TIMOTHY J. EUSTACE
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires hospitals to post notice in emergency departments concerning prescription drug diversion.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning prescription drug diversion and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A general hospital licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.) shall post in a prominent place in a public area of the emergency department a notice prepared by the Department of Health stating that hospital staff are monitoring for prescription drug diversion and that persons who engage in prescription drug diversion may be subject to criminal prosecution.
2. The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall develop the notice to be displayed pursuant to section 1 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
3. The Commissioner of Health, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.
4. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month next following enactment, but the Department of Health may take such anticipatory action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill would require hospitals to post in their emergency departments a notice prepared by the Department of Health warning the public that hospital staff are monitoring for prescription drug diversion and that those who engage in prescription drug diversion may be subject to criminal prosecution.
Prescription drug diversion is the process of obtaining prescription medications for illegal use or sale and may involve such conduct as feigning symptoms to obtain prescriptions that are not medically necessary or visiting multiple doctors to obtain duplicate prescriptions.
