SB 23-009 Colorado Senate · 2023 Regular Session

Limit Opioid Prescription And Exception For Intractable Pain

Summary
The bill prohibits a prescriber from issuing to a patient a prescription for an opioid that will be dispensed or administered outside of a health-care facility or the prescriber's practice location if the amount of the opioid exceeds 90 morphine milligram equivalents per day, unless the patient suffers from intractable pain.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2023 Last action Jan 26, 2023
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2
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Committee
1
Jan 26, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
upper
Jan 9, 2023
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Party
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P
JG
Joann Ginal
DDemocratic
CO
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