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S 2479 114th Congress Senate Health Drug trafficking and controlled substances Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Prescription drugs

Expanding Access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Act

Introduced: February 2, 2016 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 2, 2016
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Expanding Access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Act

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.
What's happening now February 2, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2479: Expanding Access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2479/
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"S. 2479: Expanding Access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2479/.
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S. 2479, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2479/.
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