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NJ A3630

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/12/2024

Primary Sponsor

Carol Murphy

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires practitioners prescribing opioids for chronic pain (3+ consecutive months) to conduct baseline urine drug testing for new patients and random urine screens at least once every 12 months to monitor compliance and detect non-prescribed drug use

  • Mandates practitioners advise patients (or parents/guardians for minors) about the availability of opioid antidotes when prescribing controlled substances for chronic pain

  • Requires referral to a pain management or addiction specialist if treatment objectives are not being met during chronic pain management with opioids

  • Amends the definition of "chronic pain" to mean pain persisting for three or more consecutive months that continues after reasonable medical efforts to relieve it, rather than the previous definition of pain that "persists or recurs for more than three months"

  • Authorizes practitioners to prescribe up to a 90-day supply via implantable infusion pumps for pain management in patients with cancer, intractable pain, or terminal illness

Legislative Description

Codifies certain regulatory provisions regarding controlled dangerous substances and prescription monitoring.

Health

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee

2/12/2024

Committee Referrals

Health2/12/2024

Full Bill Text

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