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Missouri s Senate advanced Senate Bill 63 this week in a move to become
the last state in the Nation to create a Prescription Drug
Monitoring Program ( PDMP ). The bill would establish a
Joint Oversight Task Force for Prescription Drug Monitoring, if
adopted by the House of Representatives and signed by Governor
Parson.
The Task Force would be required to contract with a vendor to
operate the PDMP. Further, the state run PDMP would supersede
any local or county PDMP, such as St.
Louis County s PDMP which serves nearly half of Missouri
The bill now heads to Gov. Mike Parson for his signature or veto.
Sen. Holly Rehder, a Sikeston Republican who has sponsored the PDMP bill for the last nine years, watched the vote from the side gallery.
“I’m just so thankful,” she said, wiping tears away. “I’m just very thankful.”
The bill would establish a “Joint Oversight Task Force for Prescription Drug Monitoring,” which would be made up of licensed healthcare professionals, like physicians and pharmacists, who would oversee the creation of a centralized database. The bill is based on the compromise lawmakers reached on last year’s legislation.
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Missouri’s Senate advanced Senate Bill 63 this week in a move to become the last state in the Nation to create a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (“PDMP”). The bill would establish a Joint Oversight Task Force for Prescription Drug Monitoring, if adopted by the House of Representatives and signed by Governor Parson.
The Task Force would be required to contract with a vendor to operate the PDMP. Further, the state run PDMP would supersede any local or county PDMP, such as St. Louis County’s PDMP which serves nearly half of Missouri today. Missouri’s proposed PDMP follows similar reporting requirements for dispensers of controlled substances in other states.
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