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IN SB0157

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/4/2017

Primary Sponsor

James Merritt

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Origin

Senate

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

Senate Bill 157 Summary

  • Indiana professional licensing agency must establish a workgroup including emergency medical technicians, registered nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, physicians, and law enforcement officers.

  • Workgroup shall evaluate the cost and feasibility of cataloging overdose intervention drug administrations by emergency medical services providers in the INSPECT database.

  • Workgroup shall evaluate the cost and feasibility of cataloging law enforcement investigation data involving non-opiate controlled substances combined with death, overdose, forgery, fraud, or theft.

  • Agency must submit statutory recommendations and a written report of workgroup findings to the legislative council by December 1, 2017 in electronic format.

  • Effective July 1, 2017; this section expires December 31, 2017.

Legislative Description

Controlled substances and reporting. Requires the professional licensing agency (agency) to establish a workgroup consisting of emergency medical technicians, registered nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, physicians, and law enforcement officers for the purpose of evaluating the cost and feasability of cataloging: (1) each administration of an overdose intervention drug by an emergency medical services provider; and (2) data related to certain controlled substance investigations by law enforcement; in the INSPECT data base. Requires the agency to provide: (1) statutory recommendations; and (2) a written report; to the legislative council not later than December 1, 2017.

Last Action

Senator Charbonneau added as second author

1/24/2017

Committee Referrals

Health and Provider Services1/4/2017

Full Bill Text

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