PRINTER'S NO. 3310
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2504
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY COX, BENNINGHOFF, BAKER, DRISCOLL, JAMES,
J. McNEILL, MILLARD, B. MILLER, PICKETT, READSHAW, ROZZI,
SAYLOR, TOOHIL, WARD, WATSON, WHEELAND AND ZIMMERMAN,
APRIL 10, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 10, 2018
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 27, 2014 (P.L.2911, No.191),
entitled "An act providing for prescription drug monitoring;
creating the ABC-MAP Board; establishing the Achieving Better
Care by Monitoring All Prescriptions Program; and providing
for unlawful acts and penalties," further providing for
purpose, for definitions, for powers and duties of board, for
establishment of program and for requirements for dispensers
and pharmacies; providing for requirements for first
responders; and further providing for access to prescription
information.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of the act of October 27, 2014
(P.L.2911, No.191), known as the Achieving Better Care by
Monitoring All Prescriptions Program (ABC-MAP) Act, is amended
to read:
Section 2. Purpose.
This act is intended to increase the quality of patient care
by giving prescribers and dispensers access to a patient's
prescription medication history, including, but not limited to,
any history of a drug overdose, through an electronic system
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