Policy, Standards, Material Development or Review

The PDMP TTAC team regularly coordinates conference calls for PDMP administrators to connect and discuss issues such as system enhancements, technical assistance, and promising practices. PDMP TTAC staff members facilitated and participated on the following conference calls during this reporting period:

During this reporting period, PDMP TTAC and BJA leadership hosted and facilitated a PDMP grantee orientation webinar on May 23, 2024, with 46 attendees representing 12 of the 21 grant recipients. This webinar was delivered and reported under Award Number 2019-PM-BX-K004

During this reporting period, PDMP TTAC and BJA leadership hosted and facilitated a PDMP grantee orientation webinar on May 23, 2024, with 46 attendees representing 12 of the 21 grant recipients. This webinar was delivered and reported under Award Number 2019-PM-BX-K004.

During this reporting period, PDMP TTAC staff members drafted and submitted the following articles for publication in the Catching Up With COSSAP newsletter:

During this reporting period, the PDMP TTAC team facilitated the following webinars: “ASAP Updates for PDMP Administrators” (January 2024), “An Update to VHA’s PDMP Reporting: Current and Future Perspectives” (March 2024), and “New Jersey PMP’s Data Analytics Program” (June 2024).

The PDMP TTAC team hosts and facilitates monthly conference calls with the RxCheck Governance Board. As mentioned in Deliverable 5, PDMP TTAC no longer provides support to the PMIX Standards Organization or its subcommittees. During this reporting period, the PDMP TTAC team hosted and facilitated 32 calls with the RxCheck Governance Board, work groups, and groups interested in connecting to the RxCheck Hub.

The first of the biannual RxCheck Governance Board meetings was held virtually on March 14, 2024. Twenty-four of the 38 member PDMPs were represented. The agenda topics at the meeting included:

• RxCheck v 3.1 rollout and adoption status
• Progress on developing enhancements for RxCheck
• Development of guidelines and processes for RxCheck software governance

At the end of 2023, the PMIX Executive Committee voted to seek funding and support from an alternate source. The National Association of States with Controlled Substances Authorities (NASCSA) was selected by the PMIX Executive Committee to provide support effective January 1, 2024. Per IIR’s BJA policy advisor, this deliverable is no longer applicable for PDMP TTAC.

In lieu of the two regional meetings, PDMP TTAC, with BJA approval, hosted and facilitated a national PDMP Administrators’ meeting in San Antonio, Texas on May 7-9, 2024. PDMP representatives from 40 of the 54 PDMPs attended. The major topics covered during the meeting included:

PDMP TTAC staff members completed the compilations for the second quarter of FY2024 proposed and enacted legislation and regulations. The “Compilation of PDMP Statutes and Regulations by Topic” visualization on the PDMP TTAC website was updated in April to reflect the updates from that quarter as was the “Summary of Selected 2023 Bills and Regulations.”