Sorry, guv, Senate prez backs drug database, wants state to pay for it
Gov. Rick Scott’s plan to do away with a prescription drug database approved by lawmakers two years ago is getting the cold shoulder from Senate President Mike Haridopolos. Haridopolos said today he...
View ArticleUPDATE: Judge dismisses drug database protest
UPDATE: Department of Health spokeswoman Michelle Dahnke didn’t reveal much about how the agency will proceed with the database after the judge’s ruling. “The Department will determine our next steps...
View ArticleHouse committee gives initial OK to pill mill bill
The House Health and Human Services Committee gave a preliminary nod to a measure backed by House Speaker Dean Cannon that would limit physicians’ ability to dispense drugs and scrap current laws...
View ArticleHouse committee passes measure abolishing Rx drug database
The House Health and Human Services Committee passed a measure that would scrap the state’s yet-to-be-implemented prescription drug database. The committee approved the bill (PCB HHSC 11-04) with a...
View ArticleDrug database repeal DOA in Senate
Senate President Mike Haridopolos is refusing to back down from his insistence that the state’s prescription drug database get up and running despite opposition from Gov. Rick Scott and House Speaker...
View ArticleHouse pill mill bill gives big pharmacies a boost
The House gave retail pharmacies a boost this morning in its approach to reining in pill mills by going after rogue distributors. Rep. Robert Schenck, sponsor of the bill (HB 7095), offered an...
View ArticleScott, Bondi tout Florida progress on pill mills on FoxNews
Gov. Rick Scott, in Washington for the White House Correspondents Dinner, and Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on FoxNews shortly after noon today to tell the nation what Florida’s doing to crack...
View ArticlePill mill bill on life support?
GOP legislative leaders are in a standoff on a pill mill crackdown with less than 36 hours left until the session is expected to end. Sen. Mike Fasano, the Senate’s pill mill bill sponsor, said he...
View ArticleLong-awaited prescription drug database up and running
After nearly a decade, Florida doctors can now check out their patients’ prescription drug history in an online database aimed at curbing “doctor-shopping” and other illicit pain pill abuses. The...
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