Bill > H2250

This bill aims to improve the administration of the prescription monitoring program by allowing the inclusion of information about opioid maintenance treatment. It requires the Department of Public Health to establish a process to include this information, as long as it does not conflict with state or federal privacy rules. The purpose is to ensure that healthcare providers who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances have access to information about a patient's participation in opioid maintenance treatment before issuing a new prescription for an opioid substance. Additionally, the bill requires opioid treatment facilities to provide patients with a form to consent to the release of their opioid maintenance treatment information through the prescription monitoring program, while making it clear that such consent is not required but encouraged to improve coordination of services.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2250