Representative Hal Rogers of Kentucky is asking Florida Governor Rick Scott to back off from his plan to repeal a yet-to-be-implemented prescription pill monitoring program.
Scott has asked the Florida legislature to cancel the program before it launches. The program was approved in 2009 and is meant to crack down on so-called pill mills that supply drug dealers and addicts with prescriptions.
Both Rogers and Scott are Republicans, and Rogers says residents of his district and of Florida are dying from overdosing on drugs that originate from pill mills.
Scott’s request to kill the program is part of his plan to cut money from the Florida state budget, but the prescription tracking system would not be funded by the state. A spokesperson for Scott says the program also raises privacy concerns.
(Some information provided by the Associated Press)
The Edit: WFPL's Gabe Bullard blogs the news 
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February 19, 2011 at 1:14 pm
steve
There is a free real time biometric system being offered to pharmacys in Florida that catches fake ID and never uses patient personal information thereby making it the most HIPAA advanced system ever. The free system is offered by biotech medical software at University of Central Florida BioScriptRx com This system doesn’t need new laws or cost the tax payers a penny. BioScriptRx only uses the finger scan for patient ID. That finger can only go to one doctor and it checks to see if that finger has been to another doctor. Until we stop fake ID and will only have a bandaid and people will die.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/2011/02/ky-lawmaker-makes-case-fla-pill-monitoring-0#ixzz1EQhzHgYl
February 22, 2011 at 12:36 pm
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[…] part of his plan to cut spending, Governor Scott has proposed cutting the program. That first prompted a response from Congressman Hal Rogers of Kentucky, who asked his fellow Republican Scott to reconsider, saying that Kentuckians and Floridians alike […]
February 22, 2011 at 12:36 pm
Beshear Asks Florida Governor To Keep Prescription Tracking Program « The Edit: WFPL's Gabe Bullard blogs the news
[…] part of his plan to cut spending, Governor Scott has proposed cutting the program. That first prompted a response from Congressman Hal Rogers of Kentucky, who asked his fellow Republican Scott to reconsider, saying that Kentuckians and Floridians alike […]