The Kentucky House yesterday passed legislation that would make it easier to target and prosecute physicians who overprescribe painkillers, according to a Frankfort State Journal report.
The bill would also transfer control of the state's prescription monitoring system, KASPER, to the attorney general's office and require any physicians prescribing schedule II and III narcotics to use the database.
The Kentucky Medical Association opposes certain parts of the bill, including a proposed $50 yearly fee for prescribers and the "broad and overarching authority" over KASPER given to the attorney general. "We think there are some legitimate, very basic concerns in this bill," said KMA lobbyist Bill Doll.
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The bill would also transfer control of the state's prescription monitoring system, KASPER, to the attorney general's office and require any physicians prescribing schedule II and III narcotics to use the database.
The Kentucky Medical Association opposes certain parts of the bill, including a proposed $50 yearly fee for prescribers and the "broad and overarching authority" over KASPER given to the attorney general. "We think there are some legitimate, very basic concerns in this bill," said KMA lobbyist Bill Doll.
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