SB-0127 Summary

• Licensed prescribers holding controlled substances licenses may administer or dispense Schedule 2-5 controlled substances without a separate controlled substances license for those activities.

• Beginning March 31, 2019 (or upon promulgation of rules under section 16204e, whichever is earlier), prescribers must establish a bona fide prescriber-patient relationship before prescribing Schedule 2-5 controlled substances, except for hospice patients under article 17.

• Prescribers must obtain and review a report from Michigan's electronic prescription monitoring system (MAPS) before prescribing controlled substances exceeding a 3-day supply, with exemptions for hospital/surgical facility administration, veterinary use, and hospice patients who had MAPS reports reviewed at admission.

• Prescribers must ask patients about other controlled substances they are using and record responses in medical records, maintain separate records of controlled substance acquisitions and dispensing for at least 5 years, and register with the electronic monitoring system before prescribing controlled substances.

• This bill does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 128 of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.