SB 444-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
3/9/00 3587s
2000 SESSION
01/09
SENATE BILL 444-FN
AN ACT relative to methadone maintenance treatment.
SPONSORS: Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21; Sen. Squires, Dist 12; Rep. Chabot, Hills 48; Rep. Flora, Hills 15; Rep. O'Keefe, Rock 21
COMMITTEE: Public Institutions, Health and Human Services
This bill authorizes a provider meeting certain standards who is currently providing outpatient methadone detoxification services to provide methadone maintenance treatment until December 31, 2000 or until an appropriate pilot program is adopted by the legislature.
This bill also requires limited retail drug distributors to be licensed by the New Hampshire pharmacy board.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
3/9/00 3587s
00-2747
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to methadone maintenance treatment.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Methadone Maintenance Treatment Authorized. Until December 31, 2000 or until the general court adopts an appropriate pilot program, any provider providing outpatient methadone detoxification services in the state of New Hampshire as of January 1, 2000, is hereby authorized to provide methadone maintenance treatment as long as the provider meets Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) accreditation standards, is licensed by the federal Food and Drug Administration and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, and otherwise meets all applicable state and federal laws and regulations. The providers of methadone maintenance treatment shall be monitored by the department of health and human services during this period.
2 New Paragraph; Definition Added. Amend RSA 318:1 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:
VII-a. "Limited retail drug distributor" means federally funded clinics operated under contract with the department of health and human services and drug abuse treatment centers, where legend and controlled drugs are held, stored or dispensed to patients pursuant to the order of an authorized practitioner.
3 New Section; Licensing of Limited Retail Drug Distributors Required.
318:51-b Licensing of Limited Retail Drug Distributors Required.
I. No person shall operate as a limited retail drug distributor, as defined in RSA 318:1, VII-a, without first having obtained a license to do so from the board. Such license shall expire annually on June 30. An application together with a reasonable fee as established by the board shall be filed annually on or before July 1.
II. No license shall be issued under this section unless the applicant has furnished proof satisfactory to the board that:
(a) The applicant is of good moral character or, if that applicant is an association or corporation, that the managing officers are of good moral character.
(b) The applicant has sufficient space and security equipment as to properly carry on the business described in the application.
(c) The license granted by this chapter shall at all times be displayed in a conspicuous place in the facility for which it is issued.
(d) The applicant has a written contract with a pharmacist licensed in the state to serve as a consultant on all matters relating to the storage and dispensing of prescription drugs.
III. No license shall be granted to any person who has within 5 years been convicted of a violation of any law of the United States, or of any state, relating to drugs, as defined in this chapter or RSA 318-B, or to any person who is a drug-dependent person.
IV. Any person licensed pursuant to this section is subject to the provisions of RSA 318:29.
4 Licensure Required. RSA 318:42, VII(d) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(d) The clinic, except for clinics operated directly by the department of health and human services, possesses a current limited retail drug distributor's license under RSA 318:51-b.
5 Repeal. RSA 318:42, VII(e), relative to drug wholesaler's license, is repealed.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
LBAO
00-2747
12/16/99
SB 444-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to methadone maintenance treatment.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services indicates this bill will have an indeterminable impact on state expenditures beginning in FY 2000. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenues or on county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department states there is one outpatient methadone treatment detoxification program in New Hampshire. The Department expects additional programs to open but cannot determine how many. The Department assumes that monitoring the programs involves a minimum of two site visits per year. The Department has stated that five or fewer programs could be monitored with existing resources but monitoring more than five sites would require additional staff.