January 18, 2017, Introduced by Senators ZORN and NOFS and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 7333a (MCL 333.7333a), as amended by 2012 PA
44.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 7333a. (1) The department shall establish, by rule, an
electronic system for monitoring schedule 2, 3, 4, and 5 controlled
substances dispensed in this state by veterinarians, and by
pharmacists and dispensing prescribers licensed under part 177 or
dispensed to an address in this state by a pharmacy licensed in
this
state. The rules shall must
provide an appropriate electronic
format for the reporting of data including, but not limited to,
patient identifiers, the name of the controlled substance
dispensed, the date of dispensing, the quantity dispensed, the
prescriber, and the dispenser. The department shall require a
veterinarian, pharmacist, or dispensing prescriber to utilize the
electronic data transmittal process developed by the department or
the
department's contractor. A The
department shall not require a
veterinarian,
pharmacist, or dispensing prescriber shall not be
required
to pay a new fee dedicated to the
operation of the
electronic
monitoring system and shall not or
to incur any
additional costs solely related to the transmission of data to the
department.
The rules promulgated department's
authority to
promulgate
rules under this subsection shall
exempt both is subject
to both of the following:
(a) The department's authority does not include the authority
to promulgate or enforce a rule that exempts any of the following
circumstances from the reporting requirements under this section:
(i) (a)
The Except as otherwise
provided in subdivision (b),
the administration of a controlled substance directly to a patient.
(ii) (b)
The dispensing from a health
facility or agency
licensed under article 17 of a controlled substance by a dispensing
prescriber in a quantity adequate to treat a patient for not more
than 48 hours.
(iii) The dispensing or administration of buprenorphine or a
drug containing buprenorphine and methadone.
(b) The rules promulgated under this subsection must exempt
from the reporting requirements under this section the dispensing
of a controlled substance in all of the following:
(i) An emergency department, emergency room, or trauma center
of a hospital that is licensed under article 17.
(ii) A hospice.
(iii) An oncology department of a hospital that is licensed
under article 17.
(iv) A hospital that is licensed under article 17 that
administers the controlled substance to an inpatient.
(2) Notwithstanding any practitioner-patient privilege, the
director of the department may provide data obtained under this
section to all of the following:
(a) A designated representative of a board responsible for the
licensure, regulation, or discipline of a practitioner, pharmacist,
or
other person who that is authorized to prescribe, administer, or
dispense controlled substances.
(b) An employee or agent of the department.
(c) A state, federal, or municipal employee or agent whose
duty is to enforce the laws of this state or the United States
relating to drugs.
(d)
A state-operated medicaid Medicaid
program.
(e) A state, federal, or municipal employee who is the holder
of a search warrant or subpoena properly issued for the records.
(f) A practitioner or pharmacist who requests information and
certifies that the requested information is for the purpose of
providing medical or pharmaceutical treatment to a bona fide
current patient.
(g) An individual with whom the department has contracted
under subsection (8).
(h)
A practitioner or other person who that is authorized to
prescribe controlled substances for the purpose of determining if
prescriptions written by that practitioner or other person have
been dispensed.
(i) Until December 31, 2016, the health care payment or
benefit provider for the purposes of ensuring patient safety and
investigating fraud and abuse.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this part, information
submitted under this section shall be used only for bona fide drug-
related criminal investigatory or evidentiary purposes or for the
investigatory or evidentiary purposes in connection with the
functions of a disciplinary subcommittee or 1 or more of the
licensing or registration boards created in article 15.
(4)
A person who that receives data or any report under
subsection (2) containing any patient identifiers of the system
from
the department shall not provide it to any other person or
entity
except by order of a court of
competent jurisdiction.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, reporting
under subsection (1) is mandatory for a veterinarian, pharmacist,
and dispensing prescriber. However, the department may issue a
written waiver of the electronic reporting requirement to a
veterinarian, pharmacist, or dispensing prescriber who establishes
grounds that he or she is unable to use the electronic monitoring
system. The department shall require the applicant for the waiver
to report the required information in a manner approved by the
department.
(6) In addition to the information required to be reported
annually under section 7112(3), the controlled substances advisory
commission shall include in the report information on the
implementation and effectiveness of the electronic monitoring
system.
(7) The department, in consultation with the controlled
substances advisory commission, the Michigan board of pharmacy, the
Michigan board of medicine, the Michigan board of osteopathic
medicine
and surgery, the Michigan department
of state police, and
appropriate medical professional associations, shall examine the
need for and may promulgate rules for the production of a
prescription form on paper that minimizes the potential for
forgery.
The rules shall must not include any requirement that
sequential numbers, bar codes, or symbols be affixed, printed, or
written on a prescription form or that the prescription form be a
state produced prescription form. In examining the need for rules
for the production of a prescription form on paper that minimizes
the potential for forgery, the department shall consider and
identify the following:
(a) Cost, benefits, and barriers.
(b) Overall cost-benefit analysis.
(c) Compatibility with the electronic monitoring system
required under this section.
(8) The department may enter into 1 or more contractual
agreements for the administration of this section.
(9) The department, all law enforcement officers, all officers
of the court, and all regulatory agencies and officers, in using
the data for investigative or prosecution purposes, shall consider
the nature of the prescriber's and dispenser's practice and the
condition for which the patient is being treated.
(10) The data and any report containing any patient
identifiers obtained from the data are not public records and are
not subject to disclosure under the freedom of information act,
1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(11) Beginning February 1, 2013 and through February 1, 2016,
the department may issue a written request to a health care payment
or benefit provider to determine if the provider has accessed the
electronic monitoring system as provided in subsection (2)(i) in
the previous calendar year and, if so, to determine the number of
inquiries the provider made in the previous calendar year and any
other information the department requests in relation to the
provider's access to the electronic monitoring system. A health
care payment or benefit provider shall respond to the written
request on or before the March 31 following the request. The
department shall collaborate with health care payment or benefit
providers to develop a reasonable request and reporting form for
use under this subsection.
(12) R 338.3162e of the Michigan Administrative Code is
rescinded.
(13)
(12) As used in this section:
(a) "Department" means the department of licensing and
regulatory affairs.
(b) "Health care payment or benefit provider" means a person
that provides health benefits, coverage, or insurance in this
state, including a health insurance company, a nonprofit health
care corporation, a health maintenance organization, a multiple
employer
welfare arrangement, a medicaid Medicaid
contracted health
plan, or any other person providing a plan of health benefits,
coverage, or insurance subject to state insurance regulation.
(c) "Hospice" means that term as defined in section 20106.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.