PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3008
PRINTER'S NO. 3533
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1699
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY R. BROWN, COHEN, CORBIN, DAVIS, DeLUCA,
DiGIROLAMO, GINGRICH, HARHAI, HEFFLEY, KAUFER, KLUNK,
MARSHALL, MASSER, D. PARKER, READSHAW, ROTHMAN, SNYDER,
TAYLOR AND FARRY, MARCH 22, 2016
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
AS AMENDED, JUNE 15, 2016
AN ACT
Providing for limitations on the dispensing of opioid analgesic
drug products in hospital emergency departments and urgent
care centers and for duties of the Department of Health; and
imposing a penalty.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Safe
Emergency Prescribing Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Emergency department." An entity within a hospital that is
organizationally distinct from other outpatient facilities and
whose primary function is to provide emergency accident or
emergency medical or surgical care.
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