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OH HB332
Bill
Status
11/5/2013
Primary Sponsor
Lynn Wachtmann
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AI Summary
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Establishes mandatory standards and procedures for opioid treatment of patients under age 50 with chronic, intractable non-cancer pain, including requiring referral to a pain medicine specialist before initiating opioid therapy and exhausting alternative treatments first.
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Requires prescribers to obtain informed patient consent with signed opioid agreement, document diagnosis and evaluation, assess pain and functional levels, evaluate addiction risk, and monitor patient compliance and health status during treatment.
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Mandates regular review of the state drug database and random drug testing to identify patient misuse of opioids or other drugs.
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Restricts concurrent benzodiazepine and opioid treatment to rare situations due to respiratory depression risks and requires prescribers to warn patients about dangers of combining opioids with other central nervous system depressants.
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Requires disciplinary action by the state dental board, board of nursing, state board of optometry, and state medical board against health professionals who fail to comply with the established opioid treatment standards and procedures.
Legislative Description
To establish standards and procedures for opioid treatment of chronic, intractable pain resulting from noncancer conditions and to require that professional disciplinary action be taken for failing to comply with those standards and procedures.
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Last Action
To Health and Aging
11/5/2013