HB 699

Abstract

Board of Medicine; Board of Dentistry; Board of Optometry; Boards of Medicine and Nursing; patient counseling; treatment with opioids. Directs the Board of Medicine, the Board of Dentistry, the Board of Optometry, and the Boards of Medicine and Nursing to amend their regulations to require the provision of certain information to patients being prescribed an opioid for the treatment of acute or chronic pain. The bill requires that the regulations include an exception to the required provision of such information for patients who are (i) in active treatment for cancer, (ii) receiving hospice care from a licensed hospice or palliative care, (iii) residents of a long-term care facility, (iv) being prescribed an opioid in the course of treatment for substance abuse or opioid dependence, or (v) receiving treatment for sickle cell disease. The bill directs the Boards to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.

Board of Medicine; Board of Dentistry; patientcounseling; treatment with opioids. Directs the Board of Medicineand the Board of Dentistry to amend their regulations to requirethe provision of certain information to patients being prescribedan opioid for the treatment of acute or chronic pain. The bill requiresthat the regulations include an exception to the required provisionof such information for patients who are (i) in active treatmentfor cancer, (ii) receiving hospice care from a licensed hospice orpalliative care, (iii) residents of a long-term care facility, or(iv) being prescribed an opioid in the course of treatment for substanceabuse or opioid dependence.