Mark DeSaulnier
- Democratic
Author
(1) Existing law classifies certain controlled substances into designated schedules. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) for the electronic monitoring of the prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances by all practitioners authorized to prescribe or dispense these controlled substances. Existing law requires dispensing pharmacies and clinics to report, on a weekly basis, specified information for each prescription of Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substances, to the department, as specified. This bill would establish the CURES Fund within the State Treasury to receive funds to be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Justice for the purposes of funding CURES, and would make related findings and declarations. This bill would, beginning April 1, 2014, require an annual fee of $6 to be assessed on specified licensees, including licensees authorized to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense controlled substances, and require the regulating agency of each of those licensees to bill and collect that fee at the time of license renewal. The bill would authorize the Department of Consumer Affairs to reduce, by regulation, that fee to the reasonable cost of operating and maintaining CURES for the purpose of regulating those licensees, if the reasonable regulatory cost is less than $6 per licensee. The bill would require the proceeds of the fee to be deposited into the CURES Fund for the support of CURES, as specified. The bill would also permit specified insurers, health care service plans, qualified manufacturers, and other donors to voluntarily contribute to the CURES Fund, as described. (2) Existing law requires the Medical Board of California to periodically develop and disseminate information and educational materials regarding various subjects, including pain management techniques, to each licensed physician and surgeon and to each general acute care hospital in California. This bill would additionally require the board to periodically develop and disseminate to each licensed physician and surgeon and to each general acute care hospital in California information and educational materials relating to the assessment of a patient's risk of abusing or diverting controlled substances and information relating to CURES. (3) Existing law permits a licensed health care practitioner, as specified, or a pharmacist to apply to the Department of Justice to obtain approval to access information stored on the Internet regarding the controlled substance history of a patient under his or her care. Existing law also authorizes the Department of Justice to provide the history of controlled substances dispensed to an individual to licensed health care practitioners, pharmacists, or both, providing care or services to the individual. This bill would require, by January 1, 2016, or upon receipt of a federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration, whichever occurs later, health care practitioners authorized to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense controlled substances, as specified, and pharmacists to apply to the Department of Justice to obtain approval to access information stored on the Internet regarding the controlled substance history of a patient under their care. The bill would require the Department of Justice, in conjunction with the Department of Consumer Affairs and certain licensing boards, to, among other things, develop a streamlined application and approval process to provide access to the CURES database for licensed health care practitioners and pharmacists. The bill would make other related and conforming changes.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 400, Statutes of 2013.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2294.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3025.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 30).
Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1201.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to second reading.
Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 1115.)
Motion to reconsider made by Senator DeSaulnier.
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1115.)
Read third time and amended.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1020.) (May 23).
Set for hearing May 23.
Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 20.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 882.) (May 8).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Set for hearing May 8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 564.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Set for hearing April 15.
Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and GOV. & F.
Read first time.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB809 | HTML |
| 02/22/13 - Introduced | |
| 05/01/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/14/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/24/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/28/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/26/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/05/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/03/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/12/13 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/13 - Chaptered |
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