The Kentucky House of Representatives yesterday approved a bill to increase regulation on pain management facilities and physicians prescribing pain medication, according to an Associated Press report.
The bill would require physicians to participate in the state's KASPER database, also known as Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Monitoring, and consult the database before prescribing strong pain medications such as Hydrocodone and OxyContin.
The House also removed a past provision of the bill requiring physicians to add patient prescription information to the database, arguing that this step is unnecessary since it will be performed by pharmacists, who would also be required to register with KASPER.
The bill now moves to the Kentucky Senate.
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The bill would require physicians to participate in the state's KASPER database, also known as Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Monitoring, and consult the database before prescribing strong pain medications such as Hydrocodone and OxyContin.
The House also removed a past provision of the bill requiring physicians to add patient prescription information to the database, arguing that this step is unnecessary since it will be performed by pharmacists, who would also be required to register with KASPER.
The bill now moves to the Kentucky Senate.
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