HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1741, 1912
PRINTER'S NO. 2177
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1202
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY YAW, WOZNIAK, SABATINA, VOGEL, FARNESE, RAFFERTY,
HUTCHINSON, BLAKE, BARTOLOTTA, MENSCH, YUDICHAK, WAGNER,
FOLMER, VULAKOVICH, WARD, STEFANO, HUGHES, BROWNE, SCARNATI,
WILLIAMS, SCHWANK AND SCAVELLO, MAY 2, 2016
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, OCTOBER 19, 2016
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 27, 2014 (P.L.2911, No.191),
entitled "An act providing for prescription drug monitoring;
creating the ABC-MAP Board; establishing the Achieving Better
Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions Program; and providing
for unlawful acts and penalties," providing for licensing
boards to require education in pain management and dispensing
and prescribing practices of opioids PROVIDING FOR LICENSING
BOARDS TO REQUIRE EDUCATION IN PAIN MANAGEMENT, ADDICTION AND
PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING PRACTICES FOR OPIOIDS.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of October 27, 2014 (P.L.2911, No.191),
known as the Achieving Better Care by Monitoring All
Prescriptions Program (ABC-MAP) Act, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 9.1. Licensing boards to require education in pain
management and dispensing and prescribing practices
of opioids.
(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided for in
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