{Charleston, West Virginia}...The House and Senate health committees are hosting a public hearing at 4:00 P.M. Thursday in the House of Delegates Chamber to discuss Governor Earl Ray Tomblin's proposed legislative crackdown of so-called pill mills, which would follow the lead of Ohio and Florida. The Senate health committee heard Tuesday that both those states have seen successful with measures targeting clinics that unlawfully provide pain drug prescriptions. Tomblin has included similar licensing and oversight provisions in his wide-ranging bill, but another part of the bill borrows from Kentucky which proposes a computer tracking system for methamphetamine ingredients. A law enforcement official from Kentucky told the health committee that this system isn't working there.
