[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2479 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2479

To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand access to prescription 
                       drug monitoring programs.


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                   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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to expand access to prescription 
                       drug monitoring programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Access to Prescription 
Drug Monitoring Programs Act''.

SEC. 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.
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