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Domino/Aronberg Prescription Drug Validation Plan Saves Lives, Protects Privacy, Costs Less
April 11th, 2009
Florida's failure to adopt an effective prescription drug validation system has resulted in the loss of thousands of lives. But bipartisan legislation pending in the Legislature would bury Florida's costly crisis of rampant prescription drug fraud and doctor shopping. "It is time to stop Floridians from dying from illegally obtained prescription drugs," said Rep. Carl Domino, a Jupiter Republican and sponsor of House Bill 143. "New technology is less costly, protects consumer privacy, and is in real time and cannot be defeated by a false identification." HB 143 and Senate Bill 614, sponsored by Sen. Dave Aronberg, a Greenacres Democrat, clamp down on...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-04-11)
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