National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2529
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2014-06-25
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Criminal justice information and records

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Health information and medical records

Health programs administration and funding

Health technology, devices, supplies

Licensing and registrations

Medical research

Prescription drugs

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-06-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Amends the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005 to include as a purpose of such Act to foster the establishment of state-administered controlled substance monitoring systems in order to ensure that appropriate law enforcement, regulatory, and state professional licensing authorities have access to prescription history information for the purposes of investigating drug diversion and prescribing and dispensing practices of errant prescribers or pharmacists.</p> <p> Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and update the controlled substance monitoring program, including to:</p> <ul> <li>allow grants to be used to maintain and operate existing state controlled substance monitoring programs,</li> <li>require submission by a state of a plan to apply the latest advances in health information technology to incorporate prescription drug monitoring program data directly into the workflow of prescribers and dispensers,</li> <li>require timelines and descriptions for implementation of interoperability for purposes of information sharing with a bordering state that already operates a monitoring program,</li> <li>require health information interoperability standards to be consistent with at least one health information technology system,</li> <li>require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to redistribute any funds that are returned among the remaining grantees,</li> <li>require a state to provide the Secretary with aggregate data and other information to enable the Secretary to evaluate the success of the state's program and to submit a progress report to Congress, and</li> <li>expand the program to include any commonwealth or territory of the United States.</li> </ul> <p>Authorizes the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) or a state Medicaid program or health department receiving nonidentifiable information from a controlled substance monitoring database to make such information available to other entities for research purposes.</p> <p>Requires a state receiving a grant to: (1) facilitate prescriber and dispenser use of the state's controlled substance monitoring system, and (2) educate prescribers and dispensers on the benefits of the system both to them and society.</p> <p> Removes the preferences for grants related to drug abuse for states with approved applications to implement controlled substances monitoring programs.</p> <p>Revises requirements for studies on progress to include assessment of the effects upon linkages to substance abuse disorder services and interoperability with health information technology systems.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2529 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 25, 2014 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Toomey , Mr. Durbin , and Mr. Sessions ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend and reauthorize the controlled substance monitoring program under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2014 . 2. Amendment to purpose Paragraph (1) of section 2 of the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109–60 ) is amended to read as follows: (1) foster the establishment of State-administered controlled substance monitoring systems in order to ensure that— (A) health care providers have access to the accurate, timely prescription history information that they may use as a tool for the early identification of patients at risk for addiction in order to initiate appropriate medical interventions and avert the tragic personal, family, and community consequences of untreated addiction; and (B) appropriate law enforcement, regulatory, and State professional licensing authorities have access to prescription history information for the purposes of investigating drug diversion and prescribing and dispensing practices of errant prescribers or pharmacists; and . 3. Amendments to controlled substance monitoring program Section 399O of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280g–3 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking or ; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (C) to maintain and operate an existing State-controlled substance monitoring program. ; (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) Minimum requirements The Secretary shall maintain and, as appropriate, supplement or revise (after publishing proposed additions and revisions in the Federal Register and receiving public comments thereon) minimum requirements for criteria to be used by States for purposes of clauses (ii), (v), (vi), and (vii) of subsection (c)(1)(A). ; (3) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1)(B)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking (a)(1)(B) and inserting (a)(1)(B) or (a)(1)(C) ; (ii) in clause (i), by striking program to be improved and inserting program to be improved or maintained ; (iii) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; (iv) by inserting after clause (ii), the following: (iii) a plan to apply the latest advances in health information technology in order to incorporate prescription drug monitoring program data directly into the workflow of prescribers and dispensers to ensure timely access to patients’ controlled prescription drug history; ; (v) in clause (iv) (as so redesignated), by inserting before the semicolon the following: and at least one health information technology system such as electronic health records, health information exchanges, and e-prescribing systems ; and (vi) in clause (v) (as so redesignated), by striking public health and inserting public health or public safety ; (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking If a State that submits and inserting the following: (A) In general If a State that submits ; (ii) by inserting before the period at the end and include timelines for full implementation of such interoperability. The State shall also describe the manner in which it will achieve interoperability between its monitoring program and health information technology systems, as allowable under State law, and include timelines for the implementation of such interoperability ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (B) Monitoring of efforts The Secretary shall monitor State efforts to achieve interoperability, as described in subparagraph (A). ; (C) in paragraph (5)— (i) by striking implement or improve and inserting establish, improve, or maintain ; and (ii) by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall redistribute any funds that are so returned among the remaining grantees under this section in accordance with the formula described in subsection (a)(2)(B). ; (4) in subsection (d)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (i) by striking In implementing or improving and all that follows through (a)(1)(B) and inserting In establishing, improving, or maintaining a controlled substance monitoring program under this section, a State shall comply, or with respect to a State that applies for a grant under subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (a)(1) ; and (ii) by striking public health and inserting public health or public safety ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (5) The State shall report on interoperability with the controlled substance monitoring program of Federal agencies, where appropriate, interoperability with health information technology systems such as electronic health records, health information exchanges, and e-prescribing, where appropriate, and whether or not the State provides automatic, real-time or daily information about a patient when a practitioner (or the designee of a practitioner, where permitted) requests information about such patient. ; (5) in subsections (e), (f)(1), and (g), by striking implementing or improving each place it appears and inserting establishing, improving, or maintaining ; (6) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (1)(B) by striking misuse of a schedule II, III, or IV substance and inserting misuse of a controlled substance included in schedule II, III, or IV of section 202(c) of the Controlled Substance Act ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (3) Evaluation and reporting Subject to subsection (g), a State receiving a grant under subsection (a) shall provide the Secretary with aggregate data and other information determined by the Secretary to be necessary to enable the Secretary— (A) to evaluate the success of the State’s program in achieving its purposes; or (B) to prepare and submit the report to Congress required by subsection (k)(2). (4) Research by other entities A department, program, or administration receiving nonidentifiable information under paragraph (1)(D) may make such information available to other entities for research purposes. ; (7) by striking subsection (k); (8) by redesignating subsections (h) through (j) as subsections (i) through (k), respectively; (9) in subsections (c)(1)(A)(iv) and (d)(4), by striking subsection (h) each place it appears and inserting subsection (i) ; (10) by inserting after subsection (g) the following: (h) Education and access to the monitoring system A State receiving a grant under subsection (a) shall take steps to— (1) facilitate prescriber and dispenser use of the State’s controlled substance monitoring system; and (2) educate prescribers and dispenser on the benefits of the system both to them and society. ; (11) in subsection (k)(2)(A), as redesignated— (A) in clause (ii), by striking or affected and inserting , established or strengthened initiatives to ensure linkages to substance use disorder services, or affected ; and (B) in clause (iii), by striking including an assessment and inserting between controlled substance monitoring programs and health information technology systems, and including an assessment ; (12) in subsection (l)(1), by striking establishment, implementation, or improvement and inserting establishment, improvement, or maintenance ; (13) in subsection (m)(8), by striking and the District of Columbia and inserting , the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth or territory of the United States ; and (14) by amending subsection (n), to read as follows: (o) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. .