Bill Could Tap Providers to Fund CURES

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefCalifornia lawmakers want to restore funding for the state's prescription drug-monitoring program and one senator reportedly wants to resurrect a legislative proposal that failed in 2012 to have doctors and pharmacies foot the bill.The state's budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year cut funding for the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System and the money was not restored in the current fiscal year. Gov. Jerry Brown’s fiscal year 2013-14 budget increased funding by 4.7% for the Department of Justice, which operates CURES, but no...