HB 743 - Nonopioid Alternatives
Effective Date: July 1, 2020
HB 743 (Full Text)
Summary:
The bill revises these requirements for certain health care practitioners to inform patient or patient’s representative of nonopioid alternatives before prescribing or ordering an opioid drug by:
- Requiring that the pamphlet provided to the patient be printed;
- Authorizing a health care practitioner to discuss non-opioid alternatives with, and provide the pamphlet to, the patient’s representative rather than the patient;
- Removing the requirement to address non-opioid alternatives when a drug is dispensed or administered; and
- Exempting hospice services and care provided in a hospital critical care unit or emergency department from the requirement to discuss non-opioid alternatives with a patient.
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