Florida Limits Opioid Prescribing, Requires Use of Database

Opioid prescriptions in Florida will be limited to a three-day supply in some cases and doctors and pharmacists will be required to use a state monitoring database under newly enacted legislation.

H.B. 21, which Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed into law March 19, aims to address the state’s part in a nationwide crisis of opioid abuse and overdoses by limiting the supply of painkillers and monitoring patients and doctors for signs of abuse, the governor said in announcing the bill signing.

“This bill will help limit the chance of drug addiction, reduce the ability for dangerous drugs to spread ...