HB2349 HH&HR AMT 2/14

    The Committee on Health and Human Resources moves to amend the bill, beginning on page one, by striking out the title of the bill in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new title, to read as follows:

“A BILL to repeal §60A-10-5 and §60A-10-8 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §60A-10-2 of said code; to amend and reenact §60A-10-3 of said code; to amend and reenact §60A-10-4 of said code; to amend and reenact §60A-10-6 of said code; to amend and reenact §60A-10-7 of said code; and to amend and reenact §60A-10-11 of said code, all relating to requiring a prescription to dispense drug products that contain as an active ingredient ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine and other precursors of methamphetamine; to repeal certain provisions that do not apply to prescription drugs; to add findings; to eliminate definitions that no longer are needed; makes these prescription drugs a Schedule III drug and exempts wholesalers from the requirements of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration relating to storage, reporting, recordkeeping or physical security control requirements for controlled substances containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine.”