To establish a hospice exception from a law that prohibits prescribers who do not have a “bona fide prescriber-patient relationship" from prescribing controlled substance painkillers. This requirement otherwise requires a medical service provider to have reviewed a patient’s relevant medical records, and completed a full medical history and current condition assessment including an examination. The exception is intended to let hospice care providers adjust medication to the meet serious and rapidly changing needs of a dying individual. Official Text and Analysis.
Refer to the Committee on Ways and Means with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted.
Passed 110 to 0 in the House on April 11, 2019.