PRINTER'S NO. 1780
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1005
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY COX, HEFFLEY, JAMES, KINSEY, LEWIS DELROSSO,
MILLARD, NEILSON, STRUZZI AND ZIMMERMAN, JUNE 11, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JUNE 11, 2021
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 and
for establishment of program; providing for requirements for
first responder agencies and hospital emergency departments;
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-related overdose event , through an
electronic system that will alert medical professionals to
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