00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 239                                                                          
01 "An Act directing the Department of Public Safety to establish an Internet-based                                        
02 identification and tracking system relating to controlled substances that are prescribed                                
03 for human use; and relating to the manner in which prescriptions for controlled                                         
04 substances may be filled by a pharmacist."                                                                              
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1.  AS 08.80 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
07            Sec. 08.80.305.  Controlled substance data base.  (a)  The Department of                                   
08       Public Safety, in consultation with the State Medical Board and the Board of                                      
09       Pharmacy, shall develop a controlled substance secure Internet data base that will                                
10       allow each pharmacist in the state to determine, by consulting the secure Internet data                           
11       base, whether a prescription for a controlled substance that is being dispensed by the                            
12       pharmacist to cover a certain time period for a human patient duplicates a prescription                           
13       already dispensed for the same patient that was intended to cover a substantial portion                           
14       of the same time period.  The department shall design the secure Internet data base in a                          
01       manner that maintains the confidentiality of the information in the secure Internet data                          
02       base so that the secure Internet data base can only be used by pharmacists for the                                
03       purposes identified in this section.  The secure Internet data base shall use a unique                            
04       identifying number for each patient for whom a controlled substance is prescribed and                             
05       for each person designated by a patient as a person entitled to obtain a prescribed                               
06       controlled substance on behalf of the patient.  The department, in consultation with the                          
07       State Medical Board and the Board of Pharmacy, shall determine how and by whom                                    
08       the identifying numbers and prescription information will be entered into the secure                              
09       Internet data base.                                                                                               
10            (b)  Before dispensing a controlled substance for human use, a pharmacist shall                              
11       require picture identification from the person attempting to pick up the controlled                               
12       substance and shall consult the secure Internet data base developed under (a) of this                             
13       section.  The pharmacist may not dispense a controlled substance if                                               
14                 (1)  the secure Internet data base indicates that a prescription for the                                
15       same controlled substance has been filled for the same patient in an amount intended                              
16       to cover a substantial portion of the same time period as the prescription drug order                             
17       presented to the pharmacist; or                                                                                   
18                 (2)  the person's identification does not reasonably substantiate that the                              
19       person is either the patient for whom the controlled substance is intended or the person                          
20       designated in the secure Internet data base as a person entitled to obtain a controlled                           
21       substance on behalf of the patient.                                                                               
22            (c)  In this section, "department" means the Department of Public Safety.