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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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SENATE BILL 1296 |
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AN ACT
Amending title 36, chapter 29, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-2903.08; relating to the Arizona health care cost containment system administration.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 29, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-2903.08, to read:
36-2903.08. AHCCCS contractors; prescription monitoring; controlled substances
A. A CONTRACTOR SHALL INTERVENE IF A MEMBER HAS ten or more PRESCRIPTIONS for controlled substances within a three-month period.
B. A CONTRACTOR SHALL MONITOR PRESCRIPTIONS THAT ARE BEING FILLED BY MEMBERS AND SHALL INTERVENE WITH BOTH THE PRESCRIBER AND THE MEMBER WHEN EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ARE BEING USED. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DIRECT CASES INVOLVING EXCESSIVE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE USE TO THE SYSTEM MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR REVIEW.