,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bdgi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #b1  
#bjaf ,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,coats7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,public ,health   
,service ,act to expand access to       
prescription drug monitoring programs4  
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,expanding ,access to      
,prescription ,drug ,monitoring         
,programs ,act4  #b4 ,controlled        
substances monitoring programs  7a7     
,,hhs grant program ,section #cii,o7c7  
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bhj;g-#c7;c77 is amended
 by adding at the end the following3    
7#f7 ,condition on receipt of funds     
,subject to subsections 7f7 and 7g71    
each ,state that receives a grant under 
this section shall demonstrate that     
relevant prescription information in the

 prescription drug monitoring program   
maintained by the ,state is made        
available to all individuals authorized 
by the ,state to write prescriptions for
 ,schedule ,,ii1 ,,iii1 and ,,iv        
controlled substances4  4  7b7 ,harold  
rogers prescription drug monitoring     
program ,in order to receive grant funds
 under the ,harold ,rogers ,prescription
 ,drug ,monitoring ,program established 
under the ,departments of ,commerce1    
,justice1 and ,state1 the ,judiciary1   
and ,related ,agencies ,appropriations  
,act1 #bjjb 7,public ,law #ajg-gg2 #aae 
,stat4 #gdh71 a ,state shall demonstrate
 that relevant prescription information 
in the prescription drug monitoring     
program maintained by the ,state is made
 available to all individuals authorized
 by the ,state to write prescriptions   
for ,schedule ,,ii1 ,,iii1 and ,,iv     
controlled substances4