Wrap: Republican Rolla Representative Keith Frederick says some patients are gaming the current system in Missouri by getting multiple drug prescriptions from multiple physicians or pharmacies.
The targeted testing program is a screening process that would identify individuals who have a much higher risk of spreading tuberculosis. Bill sponsor Rep. Keith Frederick, R-Rolla, said the testing program will be implemented in universities in Missouri, where the population is more concentrated. The screening would require the completion of a TB risk assessment questionnaire form recommended by the American College of Health Association.
"This bill would require that a pharmacist submit to the Department of Health and Senior Services data regarding prescriptions for scheduled drugs," the bill's sponsor, Rep. Keith Frederick, R-Rolla, said to a House Committee.
Rep. Keith Frederick, R-Rolla, sponsored the bill which will give pharmacists and doctors seven days to add the prescriptions they dispense to an on line database.
Rep. Keith Frederick, R-Rolla, sponsored the bill which will give pharmacists and doctors seven days to add the prescriptions they dispense to an on line database.
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