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 PUBLIC LAW 109–60—AUG. 11, 2005

119 STAT. 1979

Public Law 109–60 109th Congress An Act To provide for the establishment of a controlled substance monitoring program in each State.

Aug. 11, 2005 [H.R. 1132]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005’’. SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

It is the purpose of this Act to— (1) foster the establishment of State-administered controlled substance monitoring systems in order to ensure that health care providers have access to the accurate, timely prescription history information that they may use as a tool for the early identification of patients at risk for addiction in order to initiate appropriate medical interventions and avert the tragic personal, family, and community consequences of untreated addiction; and (2) establish, based on the experiences of existing State controlled substance monitoring programs, a set of best practices to guide the establishment of new State programs and the improvement of existing programs.

National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005. Health and health care. 42 USC 201 note. 42 USC 280g–3 note.

SEC. 3. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MONITORING PROGRAM.

Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding after section 399N the following: ‘‘SEC. 399O. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MONITORING PROGRAM.

42 USC 280g–3.

‘‘(a) GRANTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each fiscal year, the Secretary shall award a grant to each State with an application approved under this section to enable the State— ‘‘(A) to establish and implement a State controlled substance monitoring program; or ‘‘(B) to make improvements to an existing State controlled substance monitoring program. ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.— ‘‘(A) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—In making payments under a grant under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to each State with an application approved under this section an amount that equals 1.0 percent of the amount appropriated to carry out this section for that fiscal year.

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