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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N

CREATING A SPECIAL HOUSE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF

ENACTING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ESTABLISH AN INTERNET SYSTEM FOR

TRACKING OVER-PRESCRIBING (I-STOP)

     Introduced By: Representatives O'Brien, Marshall, Almeida, Slater, and DeSimone

     Date Introduced: April 11, 2013

     Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare

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     WHEREAS, The House of Representatives finds that prescription drugs, particularly

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controlled substances, are increasingly subject to criminal diversion and abuse, which can result

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in addiction, adverse drug events, accidental death due to overdose, violent or self-injurious

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behavior, family conflicts, and increased costs to businesses and the healthcare system.

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     WHEREAS, The House of Representatives further finds that such diversion and abuse

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would be mitigated by establishing a prescription monitoring program registry containing data

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about controlled substances dispensed to individuals, reported on a real time basis; requiring

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healthcare practitioners and permitting pharmacists to access such registry before prescribing or

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dispensing additional doses of such substances; and requiring that prescriptions be transmitted

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electronically from practitioners to pharmacists.

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     RESOLVED, That a special house commission be and the same is hereby created

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consisting of seven (7) members; three (3) of whom shall be from the House of Representatives,

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to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, one of whom shall be a minority political member

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of the house; two (2) of whom shall be from the Department of Health, to be appointed by the

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Speaker of the House; and two (2) of whom shall be from the general public to be appointed by

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the Speaker of the House.

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     Members of the general public may be appointed in lieu of legislators and said

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appointments shall be made by the speaker of the house as for legislator supplanted.

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     The purpose of said commission shall be to study the feasibility of enacting legislation

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that would establish an Internet system for tracking over-prescribing (I-STOP), creating a

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prescription monitoring program registry and review all other laws pertaining to prescription

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drugs and controlled substances so that the necessary amendments may be made.

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     Forthwith upon passage of this resolution, the members of the commission shall meet at

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the call of the Speaker of the House and organize and shall select from among the legislators a

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chairperson. Vacancies in said commission shall be filled in like manner as the original

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appointment.

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     The membership of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services.

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     All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish such advice and information,

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documentary and otherwise, to said commission and its agent as is deemed necessary or desirable

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by the commission to facilitate the purposes of this resolution.

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     The Speaker of the House is hereby authorized and directed to provide suitable quarters

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for said commission; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That said commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the

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general assembly on or before April 1, 2014 and said commission shall expire on June 2, 2014.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N

CREATING A SPECIAL HOUSE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF

ENACTING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ESTABLISH AN INTERNET SYSTEM FOR

TRACKING OVER-PRESCRIBING (I-STOP)

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     This resolution would create a seven (7) member special house commission whose

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purpose would be to study the feasibility of enacting legislation that would establish an Internet

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system for tracking over-prescribing (I-STOP) and create a prescription monitoring program

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registry. The special house commission would report back to the house of representatives no later

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than April 1, 2014 and would expire on June 2, 2014.

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