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Pill mill bill deal imminent
House and Senate leaders are close to reaching agreement on a pill mill crack-down package, according to Sen. Mike Fasano, the Senate sponsor. “We’re almost there,” Fasano, R-New Port Richey, said...
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Pill mill bill on life support?
GOP legislative leaders are in a standoff on a pill mill crackdown with less than 36 hours left until the session is expected to end. Sen. Mike Fasano, the Senate’s pill mill bill sponsor, said he...
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Pill mill rules stalled in House
Lawmakers are on the brink of finishing up work without ratifying rules implementing strict regulation of pill mills passed last year. The Florida Senate unanimously signed off on two bills approving...
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Pill mill bill back on track
With less than 12 hours to go, lawmakers are now close to sealing a deal further cracking down on pill mills. The final deal will include a ban on doctors dispensing powerful narcotics with no...
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Senate passes pill mill crackdown, sends to House
The Senate unanimously approved a compromise aimed at stripping Florida of its dubious distinction as the “pill mill capital” of the nation as Attorney General Pam Bondi looked on from the dais and two...
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Bondi brings pill mill bill in for a landing
As Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi looked on from the dais, the House unanimously approved a pill mill compromise, sending it to Scott for final approval. Cannon, R-Winter Park, praised...
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Rick Scott signs pill mill bill into law
Gov. Rick Scott has signed into law pill mill bill banning doctors from dispensing most narcotics, tracking wholesale distribution of most highly addictive pain medications and keeping intact the...
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Bondi, Negron seek to tackle latest Rx abuse victims – newborns
Newborns are the latest victims of the prescription drug epidemic plaguing Florida and the country, Attorney General Pam Bondi said today. That’s why Bondi is asking lawmakers to help her create a task...
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Long-awaited prescription drug database up and running
After nearly a decade, Florida doctors can now check out their patients’ prescription drug history in an online database aimed at curbing “doctor-shopping” and other illicit pain pill abuses. The...
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Gov. Scott, AG Bondi say pill mill crackdown working
A year after creating a prescription drug “strike force,” Florida is moving from the “Oxy express” to a role model for the nation in cracking down on pill mills and illicit pain pill distribution,...
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