HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3320        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1936

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Patrick Joseph Kearney

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the prescription monitoring program.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

1/16/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3320        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1936

By Mr. Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1936) of Patrick Joseph Kearney, Maria Duaime Robinson and Diana DiZoglio relative to the prescription monitoring program.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to the prescription monitoring program.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Not withstanding any law to the contrary, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Prescription Monitoring Programs (MassPat 2015) shall require any person or persons prescribing any Schedule 2 through Schedule 5 drug to submit a daily report of the  issuance of the said prescriptions by any and all medical practioners for use by doctors, pharmacies, walk-in clinics, practitioners, and patients to track any Schedule 2 to Schedule 5 drug prescribed to an individual from the point of prescription to consumption as a mechanism for addressing the loophole in the Commonwealth's existing prescription monitoring system (M.G.L.c94C, The Controlled Substances Act). The mechanism seeks to set standards that expand the Commonwealth's prescription monitoring system to track the over-prescription of drugs by medical practitioners and to track such prescriptions to keep patients safe.