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State Sen. Holly Rehder, R-Sikeston, shown in 2017 when she was a member of the House, has been one of the key supporters of a prescription drug monitoring program.
Missouri is set to shed its distinction as the only state without a statewide program to track opioid prescriptions.
The state House voted 91-64 Tuesday to adopt a prescription drug monitoring program. By January 2024, all health care providers who are legally able to prescribe opioids such as oxycodone will have to enter that information into a database in real time. The intent is to keep people with substance use disorder from going to multiple providers.
Missouri lawmakers approve prescription drug monitoring plan; bill heads to governor s desk
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JEFFERSON CITY Missouri is closer than ever to joining every other state in having a statewide prescription drug database, after the House on Tuesday sent a bill that would create one to Gov. Mike Parson for consideration.
The GOP-led House voted 91-64 in favor of the bill, which would enable a statewide database that provides physicians and pharmacists with a patient s prescription history so they can intervene with medical help for those who might be struggling with addiction.
Parson has said he supports prescription drug monitoring.
Longwood adds Houston, LaCount to 2021 hoops recruiting class
Published Wednesday, May. 12, 2021, 9:50 am
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Bolstering a 2020-21 signing class that already includes a former Virginia 6A Player of the Year, a three-year veteran of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and a three-time Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champion, Longwood men’s basketball head coach Griff Aldrich announced the addition of guards D’Avian “DA” Houston and Ga’Khari LaCount Wednesday morning.
Houston is a 6-1, 212-pound guard from Houston, Texas, who is coming off a freshman season at Colonial Athletic Association power College of Charleston in 2020-21. Meanwhile, LaCount is a 6-1, 175-pound guard from Miami, Fla., where he starred at Miami Coral Park High School and played a postgraduate year at Link Yea
The bill now heads to Gov. Mike Parson for his signature or veto.
Sen. Holly Rehder, a Sikeston Republican who has sponsored the PDMP bill for the last nine years, watched the vote from the side gallery.
“I’m just so thankful,” she said, wiping tears away. “I’m just very thankful.”
The bill would establish a “Joint Oversight Task Force for Prescription Drug Monitoring,” which would be made up of licensed healthcare professionals, like physicians and pharmacists, who would oversee the creation of a centralized database. The bill is based on the compromise lawmakers reached on last year’s legislation.