Amendment #725 to H4400

MassPAT Integration

Ms. Hogan of Stow moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

“SECTION XXXX. Section 1. Section 24A of chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (g) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(g) The department shall provide data from the prescription monitoring program to practitioners in accordance with this section; provided, however, that a healthcare facility shall be able to access the data directly on behalf of the practitioner through a secure electronic medical record or other secure software or information system that enables automated query and retrieval of prescription monitoring program data to a practitioner. This data shall be used for purposes of diagnosis, treatment and coordinating care for the practitioner’s patient. Any such secure software or information system must be capable of producing an audit trail which identifies the registered participant on whose behalf the prescription monitoring program was accessed or who received the prescription monitoring program data.

Section 2. Said section 24A of said chapter 94C, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:-

(m) The department shall enter into agreements to permit health care facilities to access data from the prescription monitoring program through a secure software or information system for inclusion into the electronic medical record of the facility to allow a practitioner to use the prescription monitoring program data to perform data analysis, compilation, or visualization, for purposes of diagnosis, treatment and coordinating care of the practitioner’s patient. Any such secure software or information system shall comply with requirements established by the department regarding the security and confidentiality of any data transferred.”.