Expanding Access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Act

Bill: 114-s-2479
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2016-02-02
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Health information and medical records

Health personnel

Health programs administration and funding

Prescription drugs
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Expanding Access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Act</b></p> This bill amends the Public Health Service Act and revises the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to require a state receiving grant funds for a prescription drug monitoring program to make relevant prescription information available to all individuals authorized by the state to prescribe controlled substances, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2479 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 2, 2016 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mr. Coats ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand access to prescription drug monitoring programs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanding Access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Act . 2. Controlled substances monitoring programs (a) HHS grant program Section 399O(c) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280g–3(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (6) Condition on receipt of funds Subject to subsections (f) and (g), each State that receives a grant under this section shall demonstrate that relevant prescription information in the prescription drug monitoring program maintained by the State is made available to all individuals authorized by the State to write prescriptions for Schedule II, III, and IV controlled substances. . (b) Harold rogers prescription drug monitoring program In order to receive grant funds under the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program established under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 ( Public Law 107–77 ; 115 Stat. 748), a State shall demonstrate that relevant prescription information in the prescription drug monitoring program maintained by the State is made available to all individuals authorized by the State to write prescriptions for Schedule II, III, and IV controlled substances.