DOJ Moving to Allow Direct Access to Prescription Database

Health care providers in California should be able to access a patient’s prescription drug history without having to log into the state’s database and perform a manual search, under legislation Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law to further the fight against opioid abuse and misuse. The governor on Oct. 9 enacted Assembly Bill 40, by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, a measure that took effect immediately and sets a deadline of Oct. 1, 2018, for the Department of Justice to allow providers to link their electronic patient record program directly to the Controlled Substances...