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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part V to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§329‑ Pain medication agreement. (a) A pain medication agreement shall be executed between a patient and any prescriber of a narcotic drug within this State for use as pain medication:
(1) Whenever the patient is determined to have chronic pain and is prescribed a narcotic drug for use as pain medication for three months or longer; or
(2) Any time the patient is prescribed a narcotic drug for use as pain medication in the patient's first encounter with the prescriber; provided that this paragraph shall not apply to emergency room and urgent care providers.
(b) The administrator shall develop and make available a template of a pain medication agreement for use in the State. The template for the pain medication agreement shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Informed consent to treat the patient with scheduled medication on a chronic basis greater than three months, excluding hospice, that acknowledges the long-term risks of the chronic use of a narcotic drug as pain medication;
(2) Consent to submit to random pill counts upon request by the prescriber;
(3) A statement that advises the patient of the risk of injury when exceeding a morphine equianalgesic dose of one hundred twenty per day or combinations of the same with benzodiazepines;
(4) A statement that advises the patient of the risk of injury when exceeding three grams of acetaminophen on a daily basis in combination products;
(5) A statement recommending a single pharmacy and identifying this pharmacy for all patients receiving chronic pain medications; and
(6) A statement advising any patient who violates section 329-46 shall be guilty of a class C felony.
(c) For the purposes of this section, "narcotic drug" means all schedule II substances pursuant to section 329-16 and schedule III substances pursuant to section 329-18, including derivatives of hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine, codeine, hydromorphone, benzodiazepines, and carisoprodol."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Pain Medication Agreement; Narcotics Enforcement Division
Description:
Requires a pain medication agreement to be executed between a patient and any prescriber of a narcotic drug within the State for use as pain medication under certain conditions. Requires the administrator of the narcotics enforcement division to develop and make available a template of a pain medication agreement for use in the State. Specifies the contents of the template. (SD1)
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