2019 Wisconsin Act 121

  Date of enactment: March 3, 2020
2019 Assembly Bill 647   Date of publication*: March 4, 2020

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2019 WISCONSIN ACT 121

An Act to amend 961.385 (2) (cs) 1., 961.385 (5) (b) and 961.385 (6) (a) of the statutes; relating to: the prescription drug monitoring program.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

121,1 Section 1. 961.385 (2) (cs) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

961.385 (2) (cs) 1. Require that a patient's records under the program be reviewed before the practitioner issues a prescription order for the patient. The review required under this subdivision may be performed by the practitioner or by the practitioner's agent in accordance with applicable standards of practice. This subdivision does not apply after April 1, 2020 2025.

121,2 Section 2. 961.385 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

961.385 (5) (b) This subsection does not apply after October 30, 2020 2025.

121,3 Section 3. 961.385 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

961.385 (6) (a) The results of the board's review under sub. (5). This paragraph does not apply after October 30, 2020 2025.