PRESCRIPTION MONITORING PROGRM

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services must provide for a Prescription Monitoring Program for all prescription medications (rather than Schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances). Provides that the dispenser must transmit to the central repository the diagnosis code (ICD-10). Deletes a provision that the dispenser must transmit to the central repository the date the controlled substance is dispensed. Provides that the Department may release prescription record information to a person who medically coordinates, directs, supervises, or establishes standard operating procedures for a prescriber or dispenser; if the person is evaluating the job performance of the prescriber or dispenser; or is performing quality assessment and improvement activities, including outcomes evaluation or development of clinical guidelines, and if the disclosure does not contain personally identifiable information of a patient and is limited to only those records about the prescriber or dispenser the person medically coordinates, directs, or supervises, or for whom the person establishes standard operating procedures.