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AL HB393
Bill
Status
4/2/2015
Primary Sponsor
Elaine Beech
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AI Summary
HB393 Summary
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Removes references to Department of Public Safety agents and officers and replaces them with Intelligence Analysts of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) as authorized persons to inspect prescriptions, orders, records, and controlled substance stocks.
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Permits the release of prescription data from the Controlled Substances Prescription Database for bona fide educational and research activities, provided data elements that directly identify specific patients, practitioners, or dispensers are not released.
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Updates Section 20-2-91 to reflect ALEA as the successor agency to the Department of Public Safety for controlled substance inspection authority.
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Updates Section 20-2-215 to clarify that controlled substances database information may be used for statistical, research, educational, investigatory, evidentiary, and regulatory purposes.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Controlled Substances Prescription Database, access by certain employees of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency authorized, disclosure of certain data for certain educational and research activities, Secs. 20-2-91, 20-2-214, 20-2-215 am'd.
Controlled Substances
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
4/2/2015