Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-778
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-03-30
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Health information and medical records

Health personnel

Intergovernmental relations

Prescription drugs

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of </b><b>2017</b></p> <p>This bill requires a state that receives grant funds under the prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) or the controlled substance monitoring program to comply with specified requirements, including a requirement to share its PDMP data with other states. The Department of Justice (DOJ) or Department of Health and Human Services may withhold grant funds from a state that fails to comply.</p> <p> To facilitate data sharing among states, the bill directs DOJ to award a grant under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program to establish and maintain a data-sharing hub.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 778 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 30, 2017 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Portman , Mr. Manchin , and Mr. King ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To require the use of prescription drug monitoring programs and to facilitate information sharing among States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2017 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Controlled substance The term controlled substance has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802 ). (2) Covered State The term covered State means a State that receives funding 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) or the controlled substance monitoring program under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280g–3 ). (3) Dispenser The term dispenser — (A) means a person licensed or otherwise authorized by a State to deliver a prescription drug product to a patient or an agent of the patient; and (B) does not include a person involved in oversight or payment for prescription drugs. (4) PDMP The term PDMP means a prescription drug monitoring program. (5) Practitioner The term practitioner means a practitioner registered under section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 823(f) ) to prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled substances. (6) State The term State means each of the several States and the District of Columbia. 3. Prescription drug monitoring program requirements (a) In general Beginning 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, each covered State shall require— (1) each prescribing practitioner within the covered State or their designee, who shall be licensed or registered healthcare professionals or other employees who report directly to the practitioner, to consult the PDMP of the covered State before initiating treatment with a prescription for a controlled substance listed in schedule II, III, or IV of section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 812(c) ), and every 3 months thereafter as long as the treatment continues; (2) the PDMP of the covered State to provide proactive notification to a practitioner when patterns indicative of controlled substance misuse, including opioid misuse, are detected; (3) each dispenser within the covered State to report each prescription for a controlled substance dispensed by the dispenser to the PDMP not later than 24 hours after the controlled substance is dispensed to the patient; (4) that the PDMP make available a quarterly de-identified data set and an annual report for public and private use, which shall, at a minimum, meet requirements established by the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and (5) that the data contained in the PDMP of the covered State is made available to other States. (b) Noncompliance If a covered State fails to comply with subsection (a), the Attorney General or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate, may withhold grant funds from being awarded to the covered State 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) or the controlled substance monitoring program under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280g–3 ). (c) Data-Sharing Single technology solution (1) In general For the purpose of assisting States in complying with subsection (a)(5), the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program established under section 3021 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3797ff ), shall award, on a competitive basis, a grant to an eligible entity to establish and maintain an inter-State data-sharing single hub to facilitate the sharing of PDMP data among States and the accessing of such data by practitioners. (2) Requirements The data-sharing single hub established under paragraph (1)— (A) shall— (i) allow States to retain ownership of the data submitted by the States; (ii) provide a source of de-identified data that can be used for statistical, research, or educational purposes; (iii) allow State authorized users to access data from a PDMP of a covered State without requiring a user fee; and (iv) conform with the standards of the Prescription Monitoring Information Exchange; and (B) may not— (i) distribute, in whole or in part, any PDMP data without the express written consent of the PDMP State authority; and (ii) limit, in whole or in part, distribution of PDMP data as approved by the PDMP State authority.