N Y state I-STOP Bill (prescriptions)

http://www.ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneidermans-landmark-i-stop-bill-curb-rx-drug-abuse-unanimously-passes-nys

" .. G. Schneiderman's Landmark I-STOP Bill To Curb Rx Drug Abuse Unanimously Passes NYS Legislature

First-In-The-Nation Law Will Require Doctors To Check Patient Prescription History And Pharmacists To Update Database In Real Time

New York Will Be One Of The First To Implement E-Prescribing Of Controlled Substances, Ending Abuse Of Forged Or Stolen scripts

Schneiderman: I-STOP Is A National Model For Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse ..."



Some discussion / statistics:

http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2012/06/regulation-of-prescription-drugs-could-spell-trouble-for-patients/

Post Edited (DianeB) : 2/1/2014 7:32:09 AM (GMT-7)