Date: 02/16/2017
Location: SCR 354

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Refer Senate Bill 17-146 to the Committee of the W	PASS

02:17 PM -- SB 17-146

Senator Jahn, bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 17-146. The bill increases health professionals' access to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) database by:

• allowing a practitioner with prescribing authority to query the PDMP about a current patient, regardless of whether the practitioner is currently prescribing or considering prescribing any controlled substance;
• allowing a veterinarian with prescribing authority to query the PDMP about a current client or patient if the veterinarian has a reasonable basis to suspect the client has committed drug abuse or has mistreated an animal; and
• allowing a pharmacist to query the PDMP about a current patient for whom the pharmacist is dispensing any prescription drug, rather than only patients receiving controlled substances.

A handout was provided to the committee (Attachment J).

170216 AttachJ.pdf

02:25 PM -- Joe Neguse, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), testified in support of the bill.

02:30 PM -- Ronne Hines, DORA, testified in support to the bill.

02:35 PM -- Dr. Rob Valuck, Colorado Consortium on Prescription Drug Abuse, testified in support of the bill and responded to questions.

02:46 PM -- Jason Hoppe, Colorado Consortium on Prescription Drug Abuse, testified in support of the bill

02:48 PM -- Jose Esquibel, Office of the Attorney General, testified in support of the bill

02:51 PM -- Betsy Murray, Colorado Physical Therapy Association, testified in support of the bill.

02:53 PM

Committee members commented on the bill

BILL:	SB17-146
TIME:	02:57:49 PM
MOVED:	Crowder
MOTION:	Refer Senate Bill 17-146 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Aguilar	Yes
	Crowder	Yes
	Kefalas	Yes
	Martinez Humenik	Yes
	Smallwood	Yes
Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS