[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3399. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award 
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse 
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 602. COORDINATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING 
                   PROGRAMS WITH THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE.

       (a) Definition of Eligible Entity.--In this section, the 
     term ``eligible entity'' means--
       (1) a State; or
       (2) an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     450b)).
       (b) Grants for Coordination Pilot Programs.--
       (1) In general.--The Attorney General, subject to the 
     availability of appropriations, may award grants to eligible 
     entities 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) 
     to carry out a pilot program described in paragraph (2).
       (2) Requirements.--An eligible entity awarded a grant under 
     paragraph (1) to carry out a pilot program shall coordinate 
     with 1 or more service units of the Indian Health Service in 
     the State or on the applicable Indian land and meaningfully 
     consult and engage in a timely manner with Indian tribes 
     served by the service units to improve the connection, 
     coordination, and interoperability of each applicable Indian 
     health program (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health 
     Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603)) with the prescription 
     drug monitoring program of the applicable State.
       (c) GAO Study.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall study and submit to the Committee on Indian 
     Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources 
     of the House of Representatives a report identifying barriers 
     to, and potential solutions to improve, coordination 
     between--
       (1) each applicable Indian health program (as defined in 
     section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 
     U.S.C. 1603)); and
       (2) prescription drug monitoring programs in the United 
     States.
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