Pennsylvania 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 728 — An Act amending 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, further providing for requirements for prescribers.

Last action — Approved by the Governor

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 24, 2017. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (2 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

21 added · 22 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest amendment to SB 728 clarifies that prescribers do not need to check the prescription drug monitoring system again if a patient is either admitted to, or under observation in, a licensed healthcare facility, as long as they remain in that status. Additionally, it specifies that prescribers are exempt from querying the system when prescribing certain nonnarcotic Schedule V controlled substances for treating epilepsy or seizure disorders. These changes aim to streamline the process for healthcare providers, allowing them to focus on patient care without unnecessary paperwork in specific situations. This should help improve efficiency in healthcare settings, especially for patients receiving ongoing care.

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO.
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884 PRINTER'S NO.
884 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA SENATE BILL Session of No.
1261 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA SENATE BILL Session of No.
728 2017 INTRODUCED BY YAW, BREWSTER, WARD, RAFFERTY, BARTOLOTTA, COSTA, FOLMER, RESCHENTHALER AND VULAKOVICH, MAY 24, 2017 REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MAY 24, 2017 AN ACT Amending the act of October 27, 2014 (P.L.2911, No.191), entitled "An act providing for prescription drug monitoring;
728 2017 INTRODUCED BY YAW, BREWSTER, WARD, RAFFERTY, BARTOLOTTA, COSTA, FOLMER, RESCHENTHALER, VULAKOVICH AND MENSCH, MAY 24, 2017 AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, OCTOBER 17, 2017 AN ACT Ameentitled "An act providing for prescription drug monitoring;
* * * (a.1) Query not required.-- (1) [If] NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTION (A), IF a patient <-- has been admitted to a licensed health care facility or is in observation status in a licensed health care facility, the prescriber does not need to query the system after [the] AN <-- initial query [under subsection (a)(1)] as long as the <-- patient remains admitted to the licensed health care facility or remains in observation status in a licensed health care facility.
* * * (a.1) Query not required.-- (1) If a patient has been admitted to a licensed health care facility or is in observation status in a licensed health care facility, the prescriber does not need to query the system after the initial query under subsection (a)(1) as long as the patient remains admitted to the licensed health care facility or remains in observation status in a licensed health care facility.
(2) If a patient has been IS prescribed a nonnarcotic <-- Schedule V controlled substance, as defined in the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, that treats an <-- epilepsy or FOR THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY OR A seizure <-- disorder, the prescriber does not need to query the system under subsection (a)(1).
(2) If a patient has been prescribed a nonnarcotic Schedule V controlled substance, as defined in the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, that treats an epilepsy or seizure disorder, the prescriber does not need to query the system under subsection (a)(1).
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Action History

  1. Approved by the Governor

  2. Presented to the Governor

  3. Signed in House

  4. Signed in Senate

  5. Third consideration and final passage

  6. Re-reported as committed

  7. Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS

  8. Second consideration

  9. Removed from table

  10. Laid on the table

  11. First consideration

  12. Reported as committed

  13. Referred to HUMAN SERVICES

  14. Third consideration and final passage

  15. PN 1261 Amended on third consideration

  16. Second consideration

  17. Removed from table

  18. Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)

  19. First consideration

  20. Reported as committed

  21. PN 0884 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Sponsors

  • Camera Bartolotta · Cosponsor
  • Folmer · Cosponsor
  • Rafferty · Cosponsor
  • Ward · Cosponsor
  • Brewster · Cosponsor
  • Mensch · Cosponsor
  • Reschenthaler · Cosponsor
  • Gene Yaw · Primary
  • Vulakovich · Cosponsor
  • Jay Costa · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 243 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (243)

243 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE

Passed 187 Yea · 0 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1060013
Republican 45001
Democratic 36000
Total 1870014
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (201)
Member Party Vote
HILL — Yea
BARRAR — Yea
BLOOM — Yea
E BOBACK — Not Voting
E CHARLTON — Not Voting
CHRISTIANA — Yea
CORBIN — Yea
CORR — Yea
COX — Yea
DIGIROLAMO — Yea
DOWLING — Yea
DUNBAR — Yea
ELLIS — Yea
ENGLISH — Yea
EVANKOVICH — Yea
EVERETT — Yea
GABLER — Yea
GILLESPIE — Yea
GODSHALL — Yea
HAHN — Yea
HARPER — Yea
HARRIS, A. — Yea
HELM — Yea
HENNESSEY — Yea
HICKERNELL — Yea
JOZWIAK — Yea
E KAMPF — Not Voting
E KAUFER — Not Voting
KELLER, F. — Yea
KELLER, M.K. — Yea
KNOWLES — Yea
LEWIS — Yea
MAHER — Yea
MARSHALL — Yea
MARSICO — Yea
MASSER — Yea
E MCGINNIS — Not Voting
METCALFE — Yea
MICCARELLI — Yea
MILLARD — Yea
MILNE — Yea
MURT — Yea
MUSTIO — Yea
NELSON — Yea
NESBIT — Yea
O'NEILL — Yea
OBERLANDER — Yea
PEIFER — Yea
PETRI — Yea
E PYLE — Not Voting
QUIGLEY — Yea
QUINN, C. — Yea
QUINN, M. — Yea
REED — Yea
REESE — Yea
ROE — Yea
RYAN — Yea
SACCONE — Yea
SANKEY — Yea
SANTORA — Yea
SAYLOR — Yea
SCHEMEL — Yea
SIMMONS — Yea
SONNEY — Yea
STEPHENS — Yea
TALLMAN — Yea
TAYLOR — Yea
TOBASH — Yea
TOEPEL — Yea
E TOOHIL — Not Voting
WARD — Yea
WATSON — Yea
WHEELAND — Yea
BARBIN — Yea
E BOYLE — Not Voting
BROWN, V. — Yea
BULLOCK — Yea
CALTAGIRONE — Yea
CRUZ — Yea
DEAN — Yea
DELISSIO — Yea
E DELUCA — Not Voting
DERMODY — Yea
E DONATUCCI — Not Voting
DRISCOLL — Yea
EVANS — Yea
FABRIZIO — Yea
FITZGERALD — Yea
GAINEY — Yea
GALLOWAY — Yea
GOODMAN — Yea
HAGGERTY — Not Voting
HANNA — Yea
KAVULICH — Yea
E KELLER, W. — Not Voting
KINSEY — Yea
KIRKLAND — Yea
KORTZ — Yea
LONGIETTI — Yea
MCCARTER — Yea
MULLERY — Yea
NEUMAN — Yea
O'BRIEN — Yea
PETRARCA — Yea
RAVENSTAHL — Yea
READSHAW — Yea
ROEBUCK — Yea
ROZZI — Yea
SAINATO — Yea
SIMS — Yea
SNYDER — Yea
STURLA — Yea
E THOMAS — Not Voting
VAZQUEZ — Yea
WHEATLEY — Yea
YOUNGBLOOD — Yea
TURZAI — Yea
Dan Miller — Yea
Seth Grove — Yea
Andre D. Carroll Democratic Yea
Anita Astorino Kulik Democratic Yea
Brandon J. Markosek Democratic Yea
Carolyn T. Comitta Democratic Yea
Christopher M. Rabb Democratic Yea
Dan Frankel Democratic Yea
Daniel J. Deasy Democratic Yea
Ed Neilson Democratic Yea
Eddie Day Pashinski Democratic Yea
Frank Burns Democratic Yea
Greg Vitali Democratic Yea
Jared G. Solomon Democratic Yea
Jason Dawkins Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Joanna E. McClinton Democratic Yea
Jordan A. Harris Democratic Yea
Leanne Krueger Democratic Yea
Marty Flynn Democratic Yea
Mary Jo Daley Democratic Yea
Matthew D. Bradford Democratic Yea
Maureen E. Madden Democratic Yea
Michael H. Schlossberg Democratic Yea
Morgan Cephas Democratic Yea
Nathan Davidson Democratic Yea
Patrick J. Harkins Democratic Yea
Patty Kim Democratic Yea
Perry S. Warren Democratic Yea
Peter Schweyer Democratic Yea
Robert F. Matzie Democratic Yea
Robert Freeman Democratic Yea
Ryan A. Bizzarro Democratic Yea
Scott Conklin Democratic Yea
Steve Samuelson Democratic Yea
Tim Briggs Democratic Yea
Tina M. Davis Democratic Yea
Aaron Bernstine Republican Yea
Brad Roae Republican Yea
Brett R. Miller Republican Yea
Bryan Cutler Republican Yea
Bud Cook Republican Yea
Carl Walker Metzgar Republican Yea
Craig T. Staats Republican Yea
Cris Dush Republican Yea
Dan Moul Republican Yea
David H. Zimmerman Republican Yea
David M. Maloney Republican Yea
Dawn W. Keefer Republican Yea
Doyle Heffley Republican Yea
Frank A. Farry Republican Yea
Gary W. Day Republican Yea
Greg Rothman Republican Yea
Jack Rader Republican Yea
Jamie Walsh Republican Yea
Jason Ortitay Republican Yea
Jesse Topper Republican Yea
Joe Emrick Republican Yea
John A. Lawrence Republican Yea
Jonathan Fritz Republican Yea
Kate A. Klunk Republican Not Voting
Kathy L. Rapp Republican Yea
Keith J. Greiner Republican Yea
Kerry A. Benninghoff Republican Yea
Lisa Baker Republican Yea
Lynda Schlegel Culver Republican Yea
Mark M. Gillen Republican Yea
Martin T. Causer Republican Yea
Martina A. White Republican Yea
Milou Mackenzie Republican Yea
Mindy Fee Republican Yea
Parke Wentling Republican Yea
R. Lee James Republican Yea
Rich Irvin Republican Yea
Rob W. Kauffman Republican Yea
Rosemary M. Brown Republican Yea
Russ Diamond Republican Yea
Ryan Warner Republican Yea
Sheryl M. Delozier Republican Yea
Steven C. Mentzer Republican Yea
Thomas L. Mehaffie Republican Yea
Tina Pickett Republican Yea
Zachary Mako Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE

Passed 49 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 28001
Republican 13000
Democratic 8000
Total 49001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
ALLOWAY — Yea
AUMENT — Yea
BLAKE — Yea
BREWSTER — Yea
BROWNE — Yea
CORMAN — Yea
DINNIMAN — Yea
DISANTO — Yea
EICHELBERGER — Yea
FARNESE — Yea
FOLMER — Yea
GORDNER — Yea
GREENLEAF — Not Voting
KILLION — Yea
LEACH — Yea
MCGARRIGLE — Yea
MCILHINNEY — Yea
MENSCH — Yea
RAFFERTY — Yea
REGAN — Yea
RESCHENTHALER — Yea
SABATINA — Yea
SCARNATI — Yea
SCAVELLO — Yea
VULAKOVICH — Yea
WAGNER — Yea
WARD — Yea
WILLIAMS — Yea
YUDICHAK — Yea
Art Haywood Democratic Yea
Christine M. Tartaglione Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Judith L. Schwank Democratic Yea
Lisa M. Boscola Democratic Yea
Sharif Street Democratic Yea
Vincent J. Hughes Democratic Yea
Wayne D. Fontana Democratic Yea
Camera Bartolotta Republican Yea
Daniel Laughlin Republican Yea
David G. Argall Republican Yea
Elder A. Vogel Republican Yea
Gene Yaw Republican Yea
Kathleen C. Tomlinson Republican Yea
Lisa Baker Republican Yea
Martina A. White Republican Yea
Michele Brooks Republican Yea
Patrick J. Stefano Republican Yea
Scott E. Hutchinson Republican Yea
Scott Martin Republican Yea
Wayne Langerholc Republican Yea

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Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Committed

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4000
Republican 4000
Democratic 4000
Total 12000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
AUMENT — Yea
BROWNE — Yea
MENSCH — Yea
SCARNATI — Yea
Art Haywood Democratic Yea
Jay Costa Democratic Yea
Judith L. Schwank Democratic Yea
Sharif Street Democratic Yea
Lisa Baker Republican Yea
Michele Brooks Republican Yea
Scott E. Hutchinson Republican Yea
Scott Martin Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 728?
SB 728 is sponsored by Camera Bartolotta (Republican), Folmer, Rafferty, Ward, Brewster, Mensch, Reschenthaler, Gene Yaw (Republican), Vulakovich, and Jay Costa (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 728?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 24, 2017. Enacted.
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