HB 14-1283 Summary

• Requires all Colorado practitioners with DEA registration and pharmacists to register with the prescription drug monitoring program by January 1, 2015, and maintain active user accounts.

• Permits practitioners and pharmacists to authorize up to three designees to access the program on their behalf if the designees are employed by or contracted with the same practice or pharmacy, with the authorizing practitioner or pharmacist remaining responsible for proper use and confidentiality.

• Expands program data access to include the Department of Public Health and Environment for population-level analysis under HIPAA requirements, with identifying information removed.

• Directs the State Board of Pharmacy to develop criteria for indicators of controlled substance misuse, abuse, and diversion, and provide unsolicited reports to prescribers and pharmacies for education and intervention purposes.

• Appropriates $7,500 from the prescription drug monitoring fund for computer system changes to implement the bill's requirements.