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Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) allow physicians and pharmacists to log each filled prescription into a state database to help medical professionals prevent abusers from obtaining prescriptions from multiple doctors. To date 34 states have initiated such programs. NCSL is working with the Department of Justice to provide legislators with information on Prescription Monitoring Programs and to serve as a point of contact for policy issues surrounding their implementation.
State Enactments
 2007 Prescription Drug Monitoring Enactments (January 2008)
Meetings
On October 11-12, 2007, NCSL sponsored a meeting in Columbus, Ohio on PDMPs. The meeting featured a live demonstration at the Ohio Board of Pharmacy of their Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS). Other speakers at this invitational meeting covered issues including the role of privacy, physicians’ role and use of the program, federal funding and technical assistance, legislative experience, law enforcement perspective, technology issues and drug abuse. Speakers included:
Tim Benedict, Assistant Executive Director, Ohio Board of Pharmacy, Ohio
Scott Burns, Deputy Director, White House Office of National Drug Policy, Washington, D.C.
Danna E Droz, RPh, JD, Prescription Monitoring Program Administrator, Ohio State Board of Pharmacy, Ohio
Joe Dunn, Deputy Director, National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws, Virginia
Ruby Qazilbash, Senior Policy Advisor for Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Bureau of Justice Assistance, DC
Former Rep. Tom Raga, Senior Director of Regional Strategy and Development, Sinclair Community College, Ohio
Robert Wagonblott, RPh, Pharmacist, Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Additional speakers and their handouts are listed below:
Dr. Robert Felden, DO, Aultman Pain Management, Ohio
Dr. Bruce G. Jones, DO, FACEP, ED Medical Director, Doctors Hospital, EMP of Franklin County, Ohio
Dennis Luken, Detective, Warren County Drug Task Force, Ohio
On December 5-6, 2006, NCSL sponsored a meeting on PDMPs, securing national experts on these programs to answer your questions with regard to privacy, impacts on physicians, federal funding, legislative drafting, law enforcement, security, technology and drug abuse. Speakers included:
John Horton, Associate Deputy Director, White House Office of National Drug Policy, Washington, D.C.
Rebecca Rose, State and Federal Liaison, National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws, Virginia
Dr. James Patrick Murphy, Murphy Pain Center, Kentucky
Dr. Joseph Ramos, Medical Director, Mile High Medical Group, Colorado
Joseph Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Adminstrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, D.C.
Additional speakers and their handouts from the meeting are listed below:
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State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs And HIPAA Privacy Requirements (pdf version)
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Prescription Monitoring Program: A Law Enforcement Perspective (pdf version) by John Burke, President, National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, Ohio
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Prescription Monitoring Programs: Ohio's Experience (pdf version) by Danna E. Droz, Prescription Monitoring Program Administrator, Ohio State Board of Pharmacy, Ohio
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Prescription Monitoring Programs: Privacy & Security (pdf version) by Danna E. Droz, Prescription Monitoring Program Administrator, Ohio State Board of Pharmacy, Ohio
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Implementing a Statewide Prescription Monitoring Program and Rx Drug Diversion Investigation Solution (pdf version) by Ron Hatfield, Director, Business Development, Optimum Technology, Inc., Ohio
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Role of PMPs in Preventing Substance Abuse (pdf version) by Nick Reuter, Senior Public Health Advisor, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Maryland
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NCSL Publications
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (pdf version)
State Legislatures Magazine State Stats: Abusing Prescription Drugs (pdf version)
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