Hearing Set for Bill to Allow Access to CURES

California lawmakers will hear testimony July 1 about a proposal to allow workers’ compensation carriers to access the state’s prescription drug-monitoring database. The Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee scheduled a hearing on Assembly Bill 528, which was recently amended to propose allowing the work comp industry to review data from the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System, or CURES. Assemblyman Evan Low, D-Silicon Valley, on June 19 amended the bill to add language that would require the state Department of Justice to adopt...