CS/SB 8 (2018) -  Controlled Substances

by Health Policy and Benacquisto (CO-SPONSORS) Perry; Stargel; Bean; Passidomo; Young
Prohibiting managed care plans and their fiscal agents or intermediaries from imposing certain requirements or conditions on recipients as a prerequisite to receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services to treat substance abuse disorders; authorizing certain boards to require practitioners to complete a specified board-approved continuing education course to obtain authorization to prescribe controlled substances as part of biennial license renewal; authorizing disciplinary action against practitioners for violating specified provisions relating to controlled substances; prohibiting the dispensing of certain controlled substances in an amount that exceeds a 3-day supply or a medically necessary 7-day supply if certain criteria are met, etc.
Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2018
Last Event: 03/07/18 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 21 (Ch. 2018-13) -SJ 799 on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 1:29 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
    • On agenda for: 01/16/18 4:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Appropriations
    • On agenda for: 01/24/18 2:00 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 19   Nays 0
  • Rules
    • On agenda for: 02/15/18 10:00 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 11   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill Text

    • 361394 , Rader Date Filed: 03/06/18, Line#: 125 Senate: Withdrawn 3/7/2018 1:22:56 PM
    • 346902 , Rouson Date Filed: 03/06/18, Line#: 2702 Senate: Withdrawn 3/7/2018 1:26:18 PM
    • 194134 , Health Policy, Benacquisto Date Filed: 01/12/18, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 01/16/2018 06:22 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 2/15/2018 2:51:55 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 1/31/2018 8:29:56 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 1/25/2018 1:53:14 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 1/23/2018 1:05:34 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 1/18/2018 3:03:10 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 1/12/2018 3:10:40 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 21 (Ch. 2018-13) -SJ 799 Time: 03/07/2018 - 1:29 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Substituted CS/CS/HB 21 -SJ 799 Time: 03/07/2018 - 1:29 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 799 Time: 03/07/2018 - 1:20 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar Time: 03/06/2018 - 2:22 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/18 -SJ 771 Time: 03/02/2018 - 6:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 353 Time: 02/15/2018 - 3:22 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 353 Time: 02/15/2018 - 12:36 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/15/18, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 02/12/2018 - 4:52 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/07/18, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 02/02/2018 - 3:59 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/01/18, 11:30 am, 110 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed Time: 01/29/2018 - 4:23 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Now in Rules -SJ 226 Time: 01/25/2018 - 2:09 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Favorable by Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -SJ 226 Time: 01/24/2018 - 3:51 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 206 Time: 01/23/2018 - 4:16 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 01/24/18, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 01/19/2018 - 2:46 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations -SJ 205 Time: 01/19/2018 - 10:23 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 01/18/2018 - 3:42 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 205 Time: 01/16/2018 - 6:07 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/16/18, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building Time: 01/11/2018 - 4:11 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 10 Time: 01/09/2018 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/10/18, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Discussed/Workshop Time: 01/05/2018 - 3:27 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules -SJ 10 Time: 10/25/2017 - 11:43 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 10/23/2017 - 9:06 AM Member: Committee: Version: __