h_hie_2017a_2017-03-16t13:33:16z0 Hearing Summary

Date: 03/16/2017

Location: HCR 0107

01:33 PM -- SB 17-146



Representative Ginal presented Senate Bill 17-146 to the committee and presented several handouts (Attachments A though E). The bill increases health professionals' access to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) database by:



170316 AttachA.pdf170316 AttachB.pdf170316 AttachC.pdf170316 AttachD.pdf170316 AttachE.pdf



• 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.





01:52 PM -- Ronne Hines, Director of Division of Professions and Occupations, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, testified in support of the bill.



02:04 PM -- Dr. Robert Valuck, representing the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, testified in support of the bill and presented a handout (Attachment F).



170316 AttachF.pdf



02:40 PM -- Dr. Tim Hackett, representing Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, and Dr. Bill Fredregill, representing Colorado Veterinary Medical Association, testified in support of the bill.



02:51 PM -- Dr. Gregg Minion, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.



02:56 PM -- Ed Shackelford, representing the Colorado Senior Lobby, testified in support of the bill.



02:59 PM -- Jeanette Hensley, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.