text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 
  2016''.
  
  SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
  
      In this Act:
              (1) Controlled substance.--The term ``controlled 
          substance'' has the meaning given the term in section 102 of 
          the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
              (2) Covered state.--The term ``covered State'' means a 
          State that receives funding under the Harold Rogers 
          Prescription Drug Monitoring Program established under the 
          Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
          Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-77; 
          115 Stat. 748) or the controlled substance monitoring program 
          under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
          280g-3).
              (3) Dispenser.--The term ``dispenser''--
                      (A) means person licensed or otherwise authorized 
                  by a State to deliver a prescription drug product to a 
                  patient or an agent of the patient; and
                      (B) does not include a person involved in oversight 
                  or payment for prescription drugs.
              (4) PDMP.--The term ``PDMP'' means a prescription drug 
          monitoring program.
              (5) Practitioner.--The term ``practitioner'' means a 
          practitioner registered under section 303(f) of the Controlled 
          Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(f)) to prescribe, administer, or 
          dispense controlled substances.
              (6) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
          States and the District of Columbia.
  
  SEC. 3. PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
  
      (a) In General.--Beginning 2 years after the date of enactment of 
  this Act, each covered State shall require--
              (1) each prescribing practitioner within the covered State 
          or their designee, who shall be licensed or registered 
          healthcare professionals or other employees who report directly 
          to the practitioner, to consult the PDMP of the covered State 
          before initiating treatment with a prescription for a 
          controlled substance listed in schedule II, III, or IV of 
          section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
          812(c)), and every 3 months thereafter as long as the treatment 
          continues;
              (2) the PDMP of the covered State to provide proactive 
          notification to a practitioner when patterns indicative of 
          controlled substance misuse, including opioid misuse, are 
          detected;
              (3) each dispenser within the covered State to report each 
          prescription for a controlled substance dispensed by the 
          dispenser to the PDMP not later than 24 hours after the 
          controlled substance is dispensed to the patient; and
              (4) that the PDMP make available a quarterly de-identified 
          data set and an annual report for public and private use, which 
          shall, at a minimum, meet requirements established by the 
          Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary of Health 
          and Human Services.
      (b) Noncompliance.--If a covered State fails to comply with 
  subsection (a), the Attorney General or the Secretary of Health and 
  Human Services, as appropriate, may withhold grant funds from being 
  awarded to the covered State under the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug 
  Monitoring Program established under the Departments of Commerce, 
  Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
  Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-77; 115 Stat. 748) or the controlled 
  substance monitoring program under section 399O of the Public Health 
  Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-3).
  
  SEC. 4. SHARING PDMP INFORMATION AMONG STATES.
  
      (a) Requirement.--Beginning 2 years after the date of enactment of 
  this Act, each covered State shall make the data contained in the PDMP 
  of the covered State available to other States through the data-sharing 
  single technology solution established under subsection (b).
      (b) Data-Sharing Single Technology Solution.--
              (1) In general.--The Attorney General, in coordination with 
          the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall award, on a 
          competitive basis, a grant to an eligible entity to establish 
          and maintain an inter-State data-sharing single hub to 
          facilitate the sharing of PDMP data among States and the 
          accessing of such data by practitioners.
              (2) Requirements.--The data-sharing single hub established 
          under paragraph (1)--
                      (A) shall--
                              (i) allow States to retain ownership of the 
                          data submitted by the States;
                              (ii) provide a source of de-identified data 
                          that can be used for statistical, research, or 
                          educational purposes;
                              (iii) allow State authorized users to 
                          access data from a PDMP of a covered State 
                          without requiring a user fee; and
                              (iv) conform with the standards of the 
                          Prescription Monitoring Information Exchange; 
                          and
                      (B) may not--
                              (i) distribute, in whole or in part, any 
                          PDMP data without the express written consent 
                          of the PDMP State authority; and
                              (ii) limit, in whole or in part, 
                          distribution of PDMP data as approved by the 
                          PDMP State authority.
              (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
          to be appropriated to the Attorney General $2,000,000 for 
          fiscal years 2017 through 2020 to carry out this subsection.
target: Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2016 This bill requires a state that receives grant funds under the prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) or the controlled substance monitoring program to comply with specified requirements. The Department of Justice (DOJ) or Department of Health and Human Services may withhold grant funds from a state that fails to comply.  Additionally, the bill requires a state to share its PDMP data with other states through a data-sharing hub established by DOJ. 
feat_title: Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2016