National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015

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Congressional Summary of HR 1725

National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) Amends the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005 to include as a purpose of state-administered controlled substance monitoring systems ensuring access to prescription history information for the investigative purposes of appropriate law enforcement, regulatory, and state professional licensing authorities.

(Sec. 3) Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and reauthorize through FY2020 the controlled substance monitoring program, including to:

  • allow grants to be used to maintain and operate existing state controlled substance monitoring programs,
  • require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to redistribute any funds that are returned among the remaining grantees,
  • require a state to provide HHS with aggregate data and other information to enable HHS to evaluate the success of the state's program, and
  • expand the program to include any commonwealth or territory of the United States.

Allows the Drug Enforcement Administration, HHS, a state Medicaid program, a state health department, or a state substance abuse agency receiving nonidentifiable information from a controlled substance monitoring database for research purposes to make that information available to other entities for research purposes.

Requires a state receiving a grant to: (1) facilitate prescriber and dispenser use of the state's controlled substance monitoring system, and (2) educate prescribers and dispensers on the benefits of the system both to them and society.

Current Status of Bill HR 1725

Bill HR 1725 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since March 26, 2015. Bill HR 1725 was introduced during Congress 114 and was introduced to the House on March 26, 2015.  Bill HR 1725's most recent activity was Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. as of September 9, 2015

Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 1725

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
0
Republican Sponsors
1
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
13
Democrat Cosponsors
8
Republican Cosponsors
5
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 1725

Primary Policy Focus

Health

Potential Impact Areas

Congressional oversightCriminal justice information and recordsDrug trafficking and controlled substancesDrug, alcohol, tobacco useHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingHealth technology, devices, suppliesLicensing and registrationsMedical researchPrescription drugsState and local government operations

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 1725

National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015To amend and reauthorize the controlled substance monitoring program under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act, and for other purposes.National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015
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