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Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Best Practices Act of 2018

Introduced: July 26, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jul 27, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 26, 2018
Introduced in House
Jul 26, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Best Practices Act of 2018

This bill establishes a series of grant programs to support prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), including a grant program to facilitate the adoption of a specified system that allows PDMP data to be shared across states.

What's happening now July 27, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jul 26, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6608: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Best Practices Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6608/
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"H.R. 6608: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Best Practices Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6608/.
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H.R. 6608, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6608/.
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