HB 2075 Summary

• Modifies physician assistant prescription privileges to allow 30-day prescriptions for schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances that are opioids or benzodiazepines, and 90-day prescriptions for other schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances if they meet specified training or certification requirements.

• Changes electronic prescribing requirements for schedule II opioids to apply statewide beginning January 1, 2020, eliminating the previous distinction between high-population and low-population counties.

• Creates exceptions to electronic prescribing requirements for prescription orders related to veterans administration facilities, military bases, Indian health services facilities, tribal clinics, medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders, and when electronic systems are unavailable.

• Adds veterinarians as an exception group not required to comply with electronic prescribing requirements until electronic prescribing software is widely available for veterinary use.

• Establishes a task force to identify educational support services for electronic prescribing adoption and provide recommendations for additional exceptions to electronic prescribing requirements.