HB 2033 -- Drug Monitoring Act

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This bill establishes the Drug Monitoring Act and changes the
laws regarding drugs and controlled substances.  In its main
provisions, the bill:

(1)  Revises the current list of controlled substances;

(2)  Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services 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;

(3)  Requires the dispenser to electronically submit to the
department information for each prescription and specifies the
frequency of the submissions;

(4)  Allows the department 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;

(5)  Requires all submitted prescription information to be
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;

(6)  Authorizes the release of non-personal, general information
for statistical, educational, or research purposes;

(7)  Authorizes the department to contract with other state
agencies or private vendors to implement the provisions of the
bill and requires the department to develop an educational
course, when appropriate, to work with associations for impaired
professionals to ensure the intervention, treatment, and ongoing
monitoring of patients who have been identified as addicted to
substances monitored by the bill; and

(8)  Requires a person selling pseudoephedrine products to keep
an electronic log of each transaction and specifies what
information must be recorded in the transaction log.

The provisions of the bill 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 3:11 pm