A02397
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1005
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY COX, BERNSTINE, BROWN, IRVIN, KIRKLAND, MASSER,
MILLARD, MURT, NEILSON, PICKETT, PYLE, READSHAW, SAYLOR,
STRUZZI, ZIMMERMAN AND HEFFLEY, APRIL 9, 2019
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 5, 2019
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 and for requirements for
dispensers and pharmacies; AND providing for requirements for
first responders; and further providing for access to
prescription information. RESPONDER AGENCIES AND HOSPITAL
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND FOR REQUIREMENTS FOR CORONERS AND
MEDICAL EXAMINERS; 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
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