COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1162
(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)
Page 1, line 31, strike "intractable pain or"
Line 32, after "perioperative" insert "care following an inpatient"; strike "pain" insert "procedure"
Page 2, between lines 14 and 15, insert:
"E. The ninety morphine milligram equivalents per day limit prescribed in this section does not apply to a patient with chronic intractable pain once the patient has an established health professional-patient relationship and the patient has tried doses of less than ninety morphine milligram equivalents that have been ineffective at addressing the patient's pain."
Reletter to conform
Strike lines 27 through 30, insert:
"2. "Established health professional-patient relationship" means that all of the following have occurred:
(a) A patient has physically presented to a health professional with a medical complaint.
(b) The health professional has taken a medical history of the patient.
(c) The health professional has performed a physical examination of the patient.
(d) Some logical connection exists between the medical complaint, the medical history, the physical examination and the drug prescribed."
Amend title to conform