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Tragically, this critical information was not communicated to the discharging physician, who prescribed her 50 oxycodone pills. Jessie fatally overdosed the next day at age 30. Legislative Purpose and Key Provisions

The law is named after , an avid runner and student from West Virginia who had been in recovery from heroin addiction for several years. In 2016, following hip surgery in Michigan, Jessie and her family explicitly informed hospital staff of her addiction history eight separate times to ensure she was not prescribed addictive narcotics. jessie law

: Information regarding addiction history is only shared if the patient provides explicit consent. following hip surgery in Michigan

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