HB5373 - CONT SUB-CHRONIC PAIN TREATMEN

7 Co-Sponsors

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill. Provides that ordering, prescribing, dispensing, administering, or paying for controlled substances, including opioids, shall not be predetermined by specific morphine milligram equivalent guidelines except as provided under federal law. Provides that nothing in the provisions concerning chronic pain treatment shall interfere with the review of prescriptions by the Prescription Monitoring Program's Peer Review Committee. Provides that in reviewing prescriptions for chronic pain, the peer review committee members shall review the most updated clinical guidelines on treating chronic pain for the period the prescriptions were written. Provides that confidential information received from opioid treatment programs or confidential information otherwise protected under federal confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records regulations under 42 CFR Part 2 shall not be included in the information shared by the Prescription Monitoring Program with any other department or agency. Provides that before the Department of Human Services may release confidential prescription information from the central repository, in addition to other factors, it must be demonstrated in writing to the Department by the applicant, the applicant has a valid court order or subpoena, or an administrative subpoena issued by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, for the confidential information requested. Effective immediately.