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Opioid prescription drugs: prescribers.

It became law on Sep 5, 2019.

CA AB 714 · Assembly Bill · 2019–2020

Stage
Became law
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Assembly
Sponsor
1
Latest action
Sep 5, 2019

What it does

Existing law requires a prescriber, as defined, to offer to a patient a prescription for naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression when certain conditions are present, including if the patient presents with an increased risk for overdose or a history of substance use disorder, and to provide education on overdose prevention to patients receiving a prescription and specified other persons.

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Sep 5, 2019

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Where it goes next

Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.

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