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ID HCR006
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/4/2013
Primary Sponsor
Health and Welfare Committee
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AI Summary
House Concurrent Resolution No. 6
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Declares prescription drug abuse an epidemic and calls for coordinated action by Idaho's Boards of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, and Pharmacy to address the crisis
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Directs these boards to work with the Office of Drug Policy, Department of Health and Welfare, local law enforcement, prosecutors, and professional associations to increase awareness and prevent prescription drug abuse
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Requires use of the Board of Pharmacy's Prescription Monitoring Program and implementation of best practices to treat prescription drug abuse
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Mandates the Office of Drug Policy coordinate development of a statewide response strategy to prescription drug abuse
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Documents alarming statistics including 12 million Americans reporting nonmedical use of prescription painkillers annually, 13,000 babies born addicted yearly, 98.4% increase in emergency room visits since 2004, and a 2.5-fold increase in prescription drug-induced deaths in Idaho from 2000 to 2009
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and calling for the Idaho Boards of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry and Pharmacy, working with the Office of Drug Policy, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, local governments, local law enforcement and prosecutors, and professional associations throughout Idaho to use the Board of Pharmacy's Prescription Monitoring Program and best practices in order to increase awareness and prevent and treat prescription drug abuse for the people of Idaho and calling for the Office of Drug Policy to coordinate the development of a state response to the problem of prescription drug abuse.
PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRAM
Last Action
Delivered to Secretary of State at 10:26 a.m. on March 13, 2013
3/14/2013