Fasano files pill mill bill
Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, filed a bill that would continue the crackdown on “pill mills,” pain management clinics dealing prescription drugs that law enforcement officials say are worse than...
View ArticleScott: ‘I don’t believe we should be doing’ drug database
Gov. Rick Scott said he scrapped Florida’s much-anticipated computer system aimed at curbing the sale of prescription drugs by pill mills because he doesn’t believe it’s something the state should do....
View ArticleSorry, guv, Senate prez backs drug database, wants state to pay for it
Gov. Rick Scott’s plan to do away with a prescription drug database approved by lawmakers two years ago is getting the cold shoulder from Senate President Mike Haridopolos. Haridopolos said today he...
View ArticleW. Va. lawmakers want Scott to reconsider drug database
West Virginia lawmakers are asking Florida Gov. Rick Scott to reconsider doing away with the state’s prescription drug database aimed at curbing doctor-shopping for pain pills. The Charleston Gazette...
View ArticleKentucky GOP Congressman pleads with Scott to keep drug database
U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse, asked fellow Republican Gov. Rick Scott to reconsider axing Florida’s prescription drug database. The Kentucky...
View ArticleScott says drug database foundation wasted money
Gov. Rick Scott hasn’t changed his mind about scrapping the state’s drug database and now has more reasons for opposing it. This morning, Scott accused the foundation that gathered the $500,000 in...
View ArticleUPDATE: House committee set to abolish pain clinic oversight, do away with...
CORRECTION: The House Majority Office data about the number of dispensing practitioners in Florida is incorrect. The actual number is 156, not 56, according to House Speaker Dean Cannon’s spokeswoman...
View ArticleHouse committee gives initial OK to pill mill bill
The House Health and Human Services Committee gave a preliminary nod to a measure backed by House Speaker Dean Cannon that would limit physicians’ ability to dispense drugs and scrap current laws...
View ArticleDrug database repeal DOA in Senate
Senate President Mike Haridopolos is refusing to back down from his insistence that the state’s prescription drug database get up and running despite opposition from Gov. Rick Scott and House Speaker...
View ArticleSenate pill mill bill sails through committee
A Senate committee this morning unanimously approved a measure strengthening the state’s yet-to-be-implemented prescription drug database and creating harsher penalties for pill mills, one of Attorney...
View ArticleHouse pill mill bill gives big pharmacies a boost
The House gave retail pharmacies a boost this morning in its approach to reining in pill mills by going after rogue distributors. Rep. Robert Schenck, sponsor of the bill (HB 7095), offered an...
View ArticleHouse big-box pill mill bill a no-go in the Senate
The House’s latest proposal that would give retailers like Walgreens and CVS exclusive rights to dispense highly addictive pain medications is a no-go in the Senate, Senate President Mike Haridopolos...
View ArticlePrescription drug database back on track
The state’s long-awaited prescription drug database is back on track after state health officials signed a final order today in a bid dispute keeping the program in limbo for months. The Department of...
View ArticleHouse, Senate coming together on pill mills
A rewrite of the House’s plan to shut down pill mills brings the chamber closer to the Senate, bringing a standoff between GOP legislative leaders closer to resolution. The House’s latest plan, which...
View ArticleHouse committee approves new pill mill bill over objections of small pharmacists
The House budget committee unanimously approved a pill mill compromise of sorts with Attorney General Pam Bondi’s blessing but over the objections of small pharmacists. “We’re going to make a...
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Scott testified in DC on pill mills – watch live
Gov. Rick Scott testifies in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee about prescription drug abuse. Gov. Rick Scott will appear before a Congressional committee on Thursday to testify about...
View ArticleScott talks up drug database to Congressional committee
Once a foe of the state’s prescription drug database, Gov. Rick Scott boasted to a Congressional panel today about his administration’s efforts to get the system up and running. Scott appeared before...
View ArticlePill mill legislation ready for House vote
The House gave preliminary approval Wednesday to legislation aimed at closing “pill mills” that dispense painkillers and other prescription medications to drug dealers and addicts. The measure (CS/HB...
View ArticleSenate prez: ‘A mistake was made’ in $1.75 million for drug database
The Florida Senate will vote on its pill mill bill tomorrow and remove the $1.75 million for the state’s drug database Senate President Mike Haridopolos said was mistakenly included in the package. The...
View ArticleScott, Bondi tout Florida progress on pill mills on FoxNews
Gov. Rick Scott, in Washington for the White House Correspondents Dinner, and Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on FoxNews shortly after noon today to tell the nation what Florida’s doing to crack...
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