Arizona Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program

In FY 2016, the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) will provide funding to state governments that have in place legislation or regulations that require the submission of dispensing data to a centralized database and authorize and/or designate a state agency to provide program oversight and implementation; or are seeking to improve an existing. The primary purpose is to enable states to establish and build a data collection and analysis system; develop an infrastructure to support programmatic activities; facilitate the exchange of information and collected prescription data and other scheduled chemical products among states; facilitate the establishment of collaborations; develop a training program for system users; produce and disseminate educational materials; and assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the program or are seeking to improve an existing PDMP; states with legislative authority to establish a pilot program in one or more jurisdictions of that state.

The PDMP also assists states with the implementation or enhancement and localities use of the PDMP to: enhance the functioning of a data collection and analysis system; enhance an existing educational or training program; support collaborations with law enforcement and prosecutors or public health officials; support collaborations with treatment providers and drug courts; facilitate electronic information sharing among states in compliance with the National PMIX Architecture; expand monitoring to Schedules II, III, IV, and V; develop or enhance the capacity to provide unsolicited reports of controlled substance prescribing to authorized individuals or entities; and assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the program.
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