California Acts of the 2000 Legislative Session
SJR 30, Chapter 162
BILL NUMBER: SJR 30 CHAPTERED 09/20/00 RESOLUTION CHAPTER 162 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 20, 2000 ADOPTED IN SENATE AUGUST 31, 2000 ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2000 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 6, 2000 AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 11, 2000 INTRODUCED BY Senator Speier (Coauthors: Assembly Members Aroner and Mazzoni) APRIL 5, 2000 Senate Joint Resolution No. 30--Relative to the federal Pain Relief Promotion ActLEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SJR 30, Speier. Federal Pain Relief Promotion Act.
This measure would urge the defeat by Congress or the veto of the President of the proposed federal Pain Relief Promotion Act.
WHEREAS, Proposed legislation pending in Congress, entitled the Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999 (PRPA) (H.R. 2260), would substantially increase the investigatory and penalty powers of the government in a crucial area of medical practice; and WHEREAS, The PRPA would place doctors at risk of license revocation and incarceration for prescribing pain medication; and prosecutions would be based on the evaluation of acceptable palliative care and of the doctors' subjective intentions by Drug Enforcement Administration officials who lack medical expertise; and WHEREAS, Multiple comprehensive studies have indicated that as many as half of all...
