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National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2010

Introduced: July 13, 2010 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Jul 13, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5791-5792)
Jul 13, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5791)
Jul 13, 2010
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2010 - 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.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and update the controlled substance monitoring program, including to: (1) allow grants to be used to maintain and operate existing state controlled substance monitoring programs; (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to redistribute any funds that are returned among the remaining grantees; (3) require a state that is not in compliance with the requirements for such program to submit a plan for bringing the state into compliance; and (4) 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. Requires a state receiving a grant to: (1) facilitate prescriber use of the state's controlled substance monitoring system; and (2) educate prescribers on the benefits of the system both to them and society.

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose information about a veteran or the dependent of a veteran to a state controlled substance monitoring program to the extent necessary to prevent misuse and diversion of prescription medicines.

What's happening now July 13, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5791-5792)

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