HB 22-1115 CO

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The act: Clarifies that every prescriber must query the prescription drug monitoring program (program) prior to filling a prescription for an opioid or benzodiazepine; Requires each prescriber and pharmacist to attest that they have registered and are maintaining a user account with the program and that they are aware of the penalties for noncompliance; Allows a practitioner or pharmacist who is registered with the program to authorize an unlimited number of designees to access the program on the practitioner's or pharmacist's behalf if the designees meet the eligibility criteria and to register those designees in a group designee user account. The practitioner or pharmacist is required to approve, maintain, and track the identifying information of each authorized designee in the group designee user account. Requires the division of professions and occupations (division) to solicit applications from public and private integration organizations and, on or before January 1, 2023, approve qualified integration organizations that practitioners and pharmacists may use to integrate the program with patient electronic medical records; and Subject to available funding, requires the division to implement a process whereby practitioners and pharmacists may apply for and receive reimbursement from the division for all or a portion of the costs of integrating the program with electronic medical records. $2,016,475 is appropriated from the prescription drug monitoring fund to the department of regulatory agencies for use by the division of professions and occupations. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Cathy Kipp Democratic · primary
• Matt Soper Republican · primary
• Brittany Pettersen · primary
• Sonya Jaquez Lewis · primary

1. Jun 7, 2022 Governor Signed · executive
2. May 25, 2022 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. May 25, 2022 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
4. May 23, 2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
5. May 10, 2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · lower
6. May 9, 2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
7. May 6, 2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
8. May 6, 2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
9. May 5, 2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations · upper
10. May 5, 2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
11. May 4, 2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
12. May 4, 2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
13. Feb 16, 2022 House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Appropriations · lower
14. Jan 21, 2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Signed Act (06/07/2022) · PDF
• Final Act (05/25/2022) · PDF
• Rerevised (05/09/2022) · PDF
• Revised (05/06/2022) · PDF
• Reengrossed (05/05/2022) · PDF
• Engrossed (05/04/2022) · PDF
• Introduced (01/21/2022) · PDF
• PA3 (05/06/2022) · PDF
• PA2 (05/04/2022) · PDF
• PA1 (02/17/2022) · PDF
• Committee Amendment · PDF