2017 Senate Bill 167

House Roll Call 480: Passed

To require a doctor to have a “bona fide prescriber-patient relationship” before prescribing opioid and other painkillers that are subject to abuse, and authorize sanctions on a doctor who fails to first check the patient’s prescription record on a state database that collects this information before prescribing.

83 Yeas / 27 Nays
Republican (49 Yeas / 14 Nays)
Democrat (34 Yeas / 13 Nays)