03/22/2022 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 132                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act  exempting veterinarians from  the requirements                                                                    
    of the controlled substance prescription database."                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:05:29 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR   ROGER   HOLLAND,   SPONSOR,  presented   a   brief                                                                    
reintroduction of  the bill. He stressed  that veterinarians                                                                    
were not  required to be  HIPPA compliant and should  not be                                                                    
required to participate in  the prescription drug monitoring                                                                    
program.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:06:30 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman looked at the fiscal note attached to the                                                                      
bill. He read from the analysis:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     SB  132  removes  the  requirement  for Alaska-licensed                                                                  
     veterinarians to  register with the  states  controlled                                                                    
     substance prescription  database, commonly  referred to                                                                    
     as the Prescription Drug  Monitoring Program (PDMP). It                                                                    
     also  removes  the  requirement  for  veterinarians  to                                                                    
     review  the   animal  owner's/caregiver's  prescription                                                                    
     history in the  PDMP before prescribing, administering,                                                                    
     or  dispensing   a  federally   scheduled  II   or  III                                                                    
     controlled   substance,  as   well  as   the  reporting                                                                    
     requirement for submitting  data on federally scheduled                                                                    
     II        IV    controlled    substances.   Under    AS                                                                    
     17.30.200(d)(3),   optional  access   by  veterinarians                                                                    
     would be permitted.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     If  the  bill passes  the  following  expenses will  be                                                                    
     incurred:   Services:  $1.7   (legal  costs   to  amend                                                                    
     regulations,  printing,  and  postage  in  first  year)                                                                    
     Professional licensing programs  within the Division of                                                                    
     Corporations, Business  and Professional  Licensing are                                                                    
     primarily  funded by  Receipt Supported  Services, fund                                                                    
     source 1156  Rcpt Svcs (DGF).  Licensing fees  for each                                                                    
     occupation  are  set  per AS  08.01.065  so  the  total                                                                    
     amount  of revenue  collected approximately  equals the                                                                    
     occupation's actual regulatory costs.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Senator von  Imhof MOVED to  report SB 132 out  of Committee                                                                    
with individual recommendations  and the accompanying fiscal                                                                    
impact note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SB 132  was REPORTED out  of committee with seven  "do pass"                                                                    
recommendations  and  with  on previously  published  fiscal                                                                    
note: FN 1 (CED).                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
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AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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RECONVENED