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          Date of Hearing:   May 8, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                   AB 1136 (Levine) - As Amended:  April 15, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                              HealthVote:11-1
                        Business, Professions and Consumer Protection12-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          Yes    Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires a pharmacist, after July 1, 2014, to include  
          a written warning label on a prescription drug if the pharmacist  
          determines the drug may impair a person's ability to operate a  
          vehicle or vessel.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible state costs.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale  . This bill is intended to combat the growing  
            epidemic of drugged driving by mandating best practices among  
            California pharmacies to ensure that warning labels are  
            included on dangerous drugs. If the pharmacist determines a  
            drug may impair a person's ability to operate a vehicle or  
            vessel, this bill would require a written warning. 

           2)Previous legislation  . SB 472 (Corbett), Chapter 470, Statutes  
            of 2007, requires the Board of Pharmacy (BOP) to promulgate  
            regulations that require, on or before January 1, 2011, a  
            standardized, patient-centered, prescription drug label on all  
            prescription medication dispensed to patients in California.

           3)Related legislation  . SB 204 (Corbett) requires a pharmacist to  
            use translations of the directions for drug use in non-English  
            languages published on the Board's Internet Web site, as  
            applicable, when labeling a prescription container and  
            authorizes a pharmacist to translate the directions for drug  
            use into additional non-English languages if certified  








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            translation services are utilized to complete the additional  
            translations. SB 204 is pending in Senate Appropriations  
            Committee.

            SB 205 (Corbett) requires the information on a prescription  
            label to be printed in at least a 12-point sans serif  
            typeface. SB 205 is pending in Senate Appropriations  
            Committee.

            SB 289 (Correa) makes it unlawful for a person to drive a  
            motor vehicle if his or her blood contains any detectable  
            amount of a drug classified in Schedules I, II, III, or IV of  
            the California Uniform Controlled Substance Act, unless the  
            drug was consumed in accordance with a valid prescription  
            issued to the person by a licensed health care practitioner.  
            SB 289 failed pending in Senate Public Safety.
           Analysis Prepared by  :    Debra Roth / APPR. / (916) 319-2081