JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) � Missouri is closer than ever to joining every other state in creating a statewide prescription drug database to flag possible opioid misuse.
The House on Tuesday voted 91-64 to send Gov. Mike Parson legislation enabling the program. Parson has said he supports prescription monitoring programs.
The proposal has for years failed to pass the Legislature over some Republican concerns about patient privacy.
The purpose of prescription drug databases is for doctors to check to see if their patients have been getting addictive opioid drugs prescriptions from other physicians.
