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2013 Initiative Analysis: The Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Act of 2014

This measure requires health care practitioners and pharmacists to consult CURES prior to prescribing or dispensing certain drugs, such as OxyContin or Vicodin, to a patient for the first time. If the patient has an existing prescription for the drug, the health care practitioner must determine there is a legitimate need.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2013/130467.aspx

[PDF] The Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Act of 2014

This measure requires health care practitioners and pharmacists to consult CURES prior to prescribing or dispensing certain drugs, such as OxyContin or Vicodin, to a patient for the first time. If the patient has an existing prescription for the drug, the health care practitioner must determine there is a legitimate need.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2013/130467.pdf

2013 Initiative Analysis: The Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Act of 2014-Version 2

This measure requires health care practitioners and pharmacists to consult CURES prior to prescribing or dispensing certain drugs, such as OxyContin or Vicodin, to a patient for the first time. If the patient has an existing prescription for the drug, the health care practitioner must determine there is a legitimate need.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2013/130532.aspx

[PDF] The Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Act of 2014-Version 2

This measure requires health care practitioners and pharmacists to consult CURES prior to prescribing or dispensing certain drugs, such as OxyContin or Vicodin, to a patient for the first time. If the patient has an existing prescription for the drug, the health care practitioner must determine there is a legitimate need.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2013/130532.pdf

[PDF] Proposition 46: Drug and Alcohol Testing of Doctors. Medical Negligence Lawsuits.

This measure requires health care providers, including physicians and pharmacists, to check CURES prior to prescribing or dispensing certain drugs to a patient for the fi rst time. Providers would be required to check the database for drugs that have a higher potential for abuse, including such drugs as OxyContin, Vicodin, and Adderall.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/health/2014/Proposition-46-092914.pdf

Living Under Smoky Skies—Understanding the Challenges Posed by Wildfire Smoke in California

Nov 14, 2022 - The effects of repeated or prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke still are not widely understood. (As  we discuss in the box on the next page, relatively little research on the health effects of prescribed fire has been conducted, but existing research suggests it likely has substantially fewer negative impacts than  wildfires.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644

[PDF] Living Under Smoky Skies—Understanding the Challenges Posed by Wildfire Smoke in California

Finally, the state could take steps to mitigate the impacts of the smoke from prescribed fires it undertakes, such as by providing N95 masks. This is because, while prescribed www.lao.ca.gov A N L A O R E P O R T 17 fires likely are significantly less harmful than the large, severe wildfires that they help prevent, they still can create localized smoke impacts on nearby communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4644/Understanding-the-Challenges-of-CA-Wildfire-Smoke-111422.pdf

Improving California's Forest and Watershed Management

Apr 4, 2018 - Most prescribed burns occur under CalFire ’s VMP —the state ’s main prescribed burn program. The VMP provides a cost ‑sharing option for landowners to assist with the use of prescribed fire. The program also funds some mechanical thinning projects, though prescribed fire is its primary focus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3798

The California Drug Price Relief Act (Amendment #1) [Ballot]

Apr 21, 2015 - In the time provided, we were unable to obtain sufficient information on the lowest prices paid for prescribed drugs by USDVA to enable us to make a reasonable comparison between the prices paid by USDVA and the prices paid by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-009

[PDF] The California Drug Price Relief Act Amendment#1

In the time provided, we were unable to obtain sufficient information on the lowest prices paid for prescribed drugs by USDVA to enable us to make a reasonable comparison between the prices paid by USDVA and the prices paid by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2015/150147.pdf