RD495 - Report on All Prescription Monitoring Options Pursuant to Chapter 628 of the 2023 General Assembly


Executive Summary:

House Bill 2345 (HB2345) and Senate Bill 1255 (SB1255) directed the Departments Health and Health Professions to convene a work group to study and establish a plan to develop and implement a system to share information regarding a patient’s prescription history for medication reconciliation. The stakeholders identified in the legislation convened three meetings on June 13, July 19, and August 1, 2023. The following report meets the legislative requirement set forth in Chapter 628 of the 2023 Acts of Assembly.

There are two primary components of such a system: 1) a mechanism to collect prescription data and 2) a means by which to deliver the data to eligible recipients to facilitate medication reconciliation. This report provides the work group’s findings on these two primary components and important considerations for inclusion in any forthcoming legislative proposal.