Scott: ‘I don’t believe we should be doing’ drug database
Gov. Rick Scott said he scrapped Florida’s much-anticipated computer system aimed at curbing the sale of prescription drugs by pill mills because he doesn’t believe it’s something the state should do....
View ArticleW. Va. lawmakers want Scott to reconsider drug database
West Virginia lawmakers are asking Florida Gov. Rick Scott to reconsider doing away with the state’s prescription drug database aimed at curbing doctor-shopping for pain pills. The Charleston Gazette...
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 ArticleBondi hails drug database ruling
Attorney General Pam Bondi applauded an administrative law judge’s ruling today putting the state’s prescription drug database back on track. “The prescription drug database can be an important part of...
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 ArticleUPDATE: Can guv kill drug database donation?
UPDATE: Gov. Scott’s spokesman Brian Hughes said his boss never tried to return the $1 million donation to the private, non-profit Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Foundation. “If the senator...
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 ArticleSenate pill mill bill sails through committee
A Senate committee this morning unanimously approved a measure strengthening the state’s yet-to-be-implemented prescription drug database and creating harsher penalties for pill mills, one of Attorney...
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 ArticleHouse big-box pill mill bill a no-go in the Senate
The House’s latest proposal that would give retailers like Walgreens and CVS exclusive rights to dispense highly addictive pain medications is a no-go in the Senate, Senate President Mike Haridopolos...
View ArticlePrescription drug database back on track
The state’s long-awaited prescription drug database is back on track after state health officials signed a final order today in a bid dispute keeping the program in limbo for months. The Department of...
View ArticleScott testified in DC on pill mills – watch live
Gov. Rick Scott testifies in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee about prescription drug abuse. Gov. Rick Scott will appear before a Congressional committee on Thursday to testify about...
View ArticleScott talks up drug database to Congressional committee
Once a foe of the state’s prescription drug database, Gov. Rick Scott boasted to a Congressional panel today about his administration’s efforts to get the system up and running. Scott appeared before...
View ArticleHouse passes pill mill crackdown
By a 116-1, the Florida House approved its plan to crack down on rogue doctors and rein in prescription drug abuse. The measure keeps the state’s drug database and most current regulation of pain...
View ArticleSenate prez: ‘A mistake was made’ in $1.75 million for drug database
The Florida Senate will vote on its pill mill bill tomorrow and remove the $1.75 million for the state’s drug database Senate President Mike Haridopolos said was mistakenly included in the package. The...
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 ArticleWas Gov. Rick Scott right to worry about prescription drug database?
It took some convincing, but proponents of Florida’s prescription drug database, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, finally persuaded Gov. Rick Scott to sign off on the program that contains Rx...
View ArticleHealth officials tightening security of drug database after 3,300 Rx...
State officials are tightening security of the statewide prescription drug database after the names, prescription drug history and other personal information of 3,300 individuals were released to...
View ArticleACLU seeks federal probe of FL drug database
The ACLU of Florida has asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the state’s prescription drug database after the Rx drug histories of 3,300 patients were leaked to lawyers...
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