Gov. Rauner enacts legislation to combat fraudulent opioid prescriptions
(WorldNews Health)

EAST ST. LOUIS (Dec. 13, 2017) - Gov. Bruce Rauner today signed into law SB 772, legislation that will require prescribers with an Illinois Controlled Substance License to register with and use the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP), a database that records patient prescription history. The PMP allows physicians to check previous patient prescriptions and requests for controlled substances. Increasing the required checkpoints in advance of prescribing controlled substances will cut down on `doctor-shopping,` the practice of patients obtaining opioid prescriptions from multiple physicians. `This legislation helps us combat opioid...