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Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary ON APRIL 22, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #8 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2539, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #8 rewrites the bill to, instead, remove the requirement in present law that the commissioner of health report annually on the outcome of the controlled substance database reporting program with respect to its effect on the distribution of controlled substances. Further, this amendment removes the requirement in present law that the controlled substance database committee file an annual report with the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives analyzing the tracking of individuals or entities that access the controlled substance database and the security measures taken to ensure that only authorized persons have access. Present law requires the commissioner of health, in consultation with regulatory boards that license healthcare practitioners, to provide a letter to the governor, the speaker of the senate, the house of representatives, and the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives that includes updated information on the impact and effects of restrictions on treating patients with opioids. This amendment removes such requirement. Present law requires the commissioner of health and each appropriate occupational licensing board governing licenses of persons who can legally prescribe or dispense controlled substances to prepare a comprehensive report on actions relative to prescription drug abuse and pain management clinics to the general assembly annually. This amendment removes such requirement. Present law requires the commissioner of health to report a summary of data concerning licensed prescribers whose prescribing patterns of controlled substances represent statistical outliers, top opioid prescribers, and high-risk opio
