S 1657 · 113th Congress · Health

Increasing the Safety of Prescription Drug Use Act of 2013

Introduced 2013-11-06· Sponsored by Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Committee on United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. Hearings held.(2014-05-14)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Increasing the Safety of Prescription Drug Use Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, with respect to state databases for controlled substance monitoring programs, to require the state to: (1) ensure that its database is interoperable with other such programs and electronic health records and provides updated patient information available to a practitioner; (2) require practitioners to use database information to help determine whether to prescribe or renew a prescription for a controlled substance; and (3) require dispensers, where permitted, to enter patient data required by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) into the database, including concerning methadone dispensed. Imposes confidentiality protections regarding patient information in the database. Requires health care practitioners and dispensers who participate in or are employed by a federal or federally funded health care program, and federally qualified health centers, to use the databases of the controlled substance monitoring programs if they are available to the practitioner or dispenser. Directs the Secretary to award grants to carry out a pilot project to develop a standardized peer review p…

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1 Democrat