HB 1592 -- Controlled Substances

Sponsor:  Lipke

This bill establishes the Drug Monitoring Act which requires the
Department of Health and Senior Service to develop a program,
subject to appropriations, to monitor the prescribing and
dispensing of all Schedule II through Schedule V controlled
substances by all licensed professionals who prescribe or
dispense these substances in Missouri.  The dispenser is required
to electronically submit to the department information for each
prescription and the frequency of the submissions is specified.
The department is allowed to issue a waiver to a dispenser who is
unable to submit the required information electronically.  If a
waiver is obtained, a dispenser can submit the required
information in paper format or by other approved means.  All
submitted prescription information is confidential.  Exceptions
to this requirement include violations of the law or breaches of
professional standards which result in an investigation and the
submission or the release of prescription information to
authorized persons.  The release of non-personal, general
information is authorized for statistical, educational, and
research purposes.

The selling, dispensing, purchasing, or receiving of ephedrine,
phenylpropanolamine, or pseudoephedrine is prohibited by mail
order or from a mobile retail vendor in any amount greater than
7.5 grams within any 30-day period or 3.6 grams within a 24-hour
period.

The provisions regarding the Drug Monitoring Act will expire six
years from the effective date.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:10 pm