,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bijb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bb1      
#bjah,mr4 ,cassidy 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,whitehouse7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend title ,,xix of the ,social  
,security ,act to facilitate ,medicaid  
access to ,state prescription drug      
monitoring programs1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,better ,data       
,sharing to ,combat the ,opioid ,crisis 
,act4  #b4 ,facilitating ,medicaid      
access to ,state prescription drug      
monitoring programs  7a7 ,in general    
,section #aijc7m7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acif;b7m77 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph3  7#g7  
7,a7 ,the ,state agency administering   
the ,state plan under this title may    
have reasonable access1 as determined by
 the ,state1 to #a or more prescription 

drug monitoring program databases       
administered or accessed by the ,state  
to the extent the ,state agency is      
permitted to access such databases under
 ,state law4  7,b7 ,such ,state agency  
may facilitate reasonable access1 as    
determined by the ,state1 to #a or more 
prescription drug monitoring program    
databases administered or accessed by   
the ,state1 to same extent that the     
,state agency is permitted under ,state 
law to access such databases1 for-- 7i7 
any provider enrolled under the ,state  
plan to provide services to ,medicaid   
beneficiaries2 and  7ii7 any managed    
care entity 7as defined under section   
#aicb7;a77#a77;,b77 that has a contract 
with the ,state under this subsection or
 under section #aije7t77#c74  7,c7 ,such
 ,state agency may share information in 
such databases1 to the same extent that 
the ,state agency is permitted under    
,state law to share information in such 
databases1 with-- 7i7 any provider      
enrolled under the ,state plan to       

provide services to ,medicaid           
beneficiaries2 and  7ii7 any managed    
care entity 7as defined under section   
#aicb7;a77#a77;,b77 that has a contract 
with the ,state under this subsection or
 under section #aije7t77#c74  4  7b7    
,security and privacy ,all applicable   
,state and ,federal security and privacy
 protections and laws shall apply to any
 ,state agency1 individual1 or entity   
accessing #a or more prescription drug  
monitoring program databases or         
obtaining information in such databases 
in accordance with section #aijc7m77#g7 
of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #acif;b7m77#g77 7as added by  
subsection 7a774  7c7 ,effective date   
,the amendment made by subsection 7a7   
shall take effect on the date of        
enactment of this ,act4