Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2019

To facilitate responsible, informed dispensing of controlled substances and other prescribed medications, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2019 2. Materials for training pharmacists on certain circumstances under which a pharmacist may decline to fill a prescription (a) Updates to materials Section 3212(a) of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act ( Public Law 115–271 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall develop and disseminate The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall develop and disseminate not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and update periodically thereafter (b) Materials included Section 3212(b) of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act ( Public Law 115–271 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph: (1) pharmacists on how to verify the identity of individuals picking up prescriptions; . (c) Materials for training on verification of identity Section 3212 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act ( Public Law 115–271 (d) Materials for training on verification of identity of individuals picking up prescribed medications Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, after seeking stakeholder input in accordance with subsection (c), shall— (1) update the materials developed under subsection (a) to include information for pharmacists on how to verify the identity of individuals picking up prescribed medications; and (2) disseminate, as appropriate, the updated materials. . 3. Incentivizing States To facilitate responsible, informed dispensing of controlled substances (a) In general Section 392A of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280b–1 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: (c) Preference In determining the amounts of grants awarded to States under subsections (a) and (b), the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may give preference to States in accordance with such criteria as the Director may specify and may choose to give preference to States that— (1) maintain a prescription drug monitoring program; (2) require dispensers of controlled substances in schedule II, III, or IV to verify the identity of the person who picks up a prescribed medication by requiring such person to present a photo identification card that is valid as determined by the respective State; and (3) require dispensers of such controlled substances to enter certain information about the purchase of such controlled substances into the respective State’s prescription drug monitoring program, including— (A) the National Drug Code or, in the case of compounded medications, compound identifier; (B) the quantity dispensed; (C) the name of the patient; (D) the name of the ultimate user; (E) the name of the person who picks up the controlled substance, if different from the patient and ultimate user; and (F) the date filled. . (b) Definitions Subsection (d) of section 392A of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280b–1 (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Controlled substance The term controlled substance (2) Dispenser The term dispenser (3) Indian tribe The term Indian tribe (4) State The term State (5) Ultimate user The term ultimate user .

Summary: Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2019 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with relevant agencies, to update pharmacist training materials to include information about how to verify the identity of individuals who pick up prescribed medications; it also permits the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to give preference, in awarding grants to states for overdose prevention, to states that maintain a prescription drug monitoring program and require dispensers of certain controlled substances to verify the identity of individuals who pick up prescribed medications.