Missouri Senate passes bill for prescription drug tracking

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     (AP) – The Missouri Senate has passed a bill to create a

statewide prescription drug tracking program.

     Senators voted 20-13 Thursday in favor of creating a database to track when

prescriptions for controlled substances are written and filled. The goal is to

prevent so-called doctor shopping, when people go to multiple doctors to get

prescriptions for opioid drugs and painkillers.

     Missouri is the only state without a drug monitoring program.

     The bill now moving to the House was proposed by a longtime critic of such

programs. Republican Sen. Rob Schaaf says his version has protections to address

privacy concerns.

     The version passed by the Senate could cost more than $6.5 million in fiscal

year 2018. Schaaf says he’s working on changes to make it less expensive.




   

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