HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 87
(By Delegates Eldridge, Perdue, Hrutkay, Webster,
Perry, Beach, Stephens and Campbell)
[Introduced April 5, 2005]
Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study the
desirability of establishing a system whereby pharmacies share
information in order to prevent individuals from obtaining
multiple prescriptions from multiple pharmacies when they
illegally obtain prescriptions from multiple physicians.
Whereas, A growing trend exists in which individuals
fraudulently obtain multiple prescriptions for a prescribed
controlled substance or substances, by visiting multiple physicians
for a particular medical condition or complaint, whether real or
feigned, while each such physician is unaware of the particular
individual's fraudulent scheme to obtain multiple prescriptions;
and
Whereas, This unlawful practice leads to serious drug abuse
which routinely leads to addiction and ruination of human lives.
Further a burdensome cost to society results in terms of the
necessity of providing massive drug rehabilitation services while
increasing the cost associated with housing and monitoring
increased inmate population in jails and prisons; and
Whereas, In this day and age of sophisticated and powerful
computers which are capable of immense collections, organizations and disseminations of data among varying sources
via the internet,
an efficient and effective tool now exists that may be utilized to
address the problems associated with "doctor shopping" in order to
obtain multiple prescriptions of controlled substances; therefore,
be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby
requested to study the desirability of establishing a system
whereby pharmacies share information in order to prevent
individuals from obtaining multiple prescriptions from multiple
pharmacies when they illegally obtain prescriptions from multiple
physicians; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and
Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2006,
regarding its findings, conclusions and recommendations, along with
drafts of any proposed legislation necessary to effectuate its
recommendations; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this
study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation, be
paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance.
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