AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 14, 2018

AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 3, 2018

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

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CHAPTER 274

Statutes of 2018

[ Approved by Governor September 6, 2018. Filed with Secretary of State September 6, 2018. ]

Introduced by Assembly Member Gallagher

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Gipson and Mathis)

February 7, 2018

An act to add Section 11165.6 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law classifies certain controlled substances into designated schedules. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) for the electronic monitoring of the prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances by a health care practitioner authorized to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense a Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substance.

This bill would allow prescribers to access the CURES database for a list of patients for whom that prescriber is listed as a prescriber in the CURES database.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 11165.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

11165.6.

A prescriber shall be allowed to access the CURES database for a list of patients for whom that prescriber is listed as a prescriber in the CURES database.