Senate Fails To Move Tax Bill for Rx Monitoring Program
On Tuesday, the California Senate failed to advance a bill (SB 809) aimed at curbing prescription drug misuse and overdose deaths in the state. Under the proposed legislation, CURES -- a prescription monitoring program that tracks patients' prescription drug history -- would have received funds through an increase in annual licensing fees on prescribers, including physicians and pharmacists, for program maintenance and upgrades.
- "Senate Rejects Bill on Prescription Monitoring Program" (Girion/Glover, Los Angeles Times, 5/28).