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Prescription Drug Monitoring Program: Legislative Update, 2019 First Quarter

NCJ Number
252975
Date Published
April 2019
Length
48 pages
Annotation
This report informs interested stakeholders - including prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) administrators, state legislators, and federal legislators - about all bills introduced and laws/regulations enacted at the state and federal levels related to PDMP for the first quarter of 2019.
Abstract
A table provides the number of each legislative bill in the left column, accompanied in the right column with summaries of the main provisions of each bill. The full language of a bill can be read by clicking on the bill's number. The bills in italics have been enacted or adopted by their respective states. These legislative updates continue to track the progress of each federal or state bill throughout the year with quarterly updates, or more frequently as needed. Federal PDMP-related bills are listed first, followed by PDMP-related bills and regulations proposed in each state.