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Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

CO · session 2022A · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 12, 2022

Latest action (May 27, 2022) Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services

Summary

The act clarifies that: Each prescriber of prescription drugs must register and maintain a user account with the prescription drug monitoring program (program); and Each licensed health-care practitioner must query the program prior to filling a prescription for every opioid or benzodiazepine. The act requires the group tasked with developing a strategic plan to reduce prescription drug misuse to evaluate and make recommendations to the executive director of the department of regulatory agencies regarding balancing the use of the program as a health-care tool with enforcement of the requirements of the program. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors (4)

  • Jim Smallwood · primary
  • Robert Rodriguez Democratic · primary
  • Dafna Michaelson Jenet · primary
  • Colin Larson · primary

Action history (14)

  1. May 27, 2022 Governor Signed · executive
  2. May 18, 2022 Sent to the Governor · executive
  3. May 18, 2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
  4. May 18, 2022 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  5. May 9, 2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · upper
  6. May 6, 2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
  7. May 4, 2022 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
  8. May 3, 2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · lower
  9. May 2, 2022 House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
  10. Feb 16, 2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance · lower
  11. Feb 15, 2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
  12. Feb 14, 2022 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
  13. Feb 9, 2022 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
  14. Jan 12, 2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services · upper

Text versions (9)

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 (05/27/2022) · PDF
  • Final Act (05/18/2022) · PDF
  • Rerevised (05/06/2022) · PDF
  • Revised (05/03/2022) · PDF
  • Reengrossed (02/15/2022) · PDF
  • Engrossed (02/14/2022) · PDF
  • Introduced (01/12/2022) · PDF
  • PA1 (05/03/2022) · PDF
  • Committee Amendment · PDF

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