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Committee approves PDMP changes to add OB‑GYN, recovery‑partnership seat and give medical examiner access
Summary
The committee passed a bill to expand the Arkansas Prescription Monitoring Program oversight committee by adding two members (an OB‑GYN and an Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership representative) and to permit the state medical examiner and mortality‑review teams access to PDMP data for investigations and reviews.
The Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee approved a bill to add two members to the Arkansas Prescription Monitoring Program (PDMP) oversight committee and to allow the state medical examiner and recognized mortality‑review teams to access PDMP data for investigations.
Representative Lee Johnson, sponsor, said adding an OB‑GYN and a representative of…
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