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Prescription Drugs

The Prescription Monitoring Program collects prescription data for Schedule II through Schedule V drugs into a centralized database, the Connecticut Prescription Monitoring and Reporting System (CPMRS), which can then be used by healthcare providers and pharmacists in the active treatment of their patients.

The purpose of the CPMRS is to present a complete picture of a patient’s controlled substance use, including prescriptions by other providers. As a healthcare tool, the CPMRS is used to improve quality of patient care and to reduce prescription abuse, addiction, and overdose. As a result, this allows providers the opportunity to properly manage the patient’s treatment, including the referral of a patient to services offering treatment for drug abuse or addiction when appropriate.


Under Connecticut law, information about all transactions for controlled substances (Schedule II-V) dispensed in Connecticut must be reported to the CPMRS. Pharmacies - both in and out of state - and dispensing practitioners must submit data daily. 
 


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New: Public Act 16-43 (Effective 7/1/2016) - these new requirements will affect prescribers and veterinary facilities that dispense controlled substances. Additionally, please note the new requirement in regards to Schedule V controlled substances.

  • Practitioner's authorized agent, licensed or unlicensed, may register for their own CPMRS user account.
  • Veterinary facilities are not subjected to daily reporting and will continue to submit dispensation reports weekly.
  • Whenever a prescribing practitioner prescribes greater than a 72-hour supply of any Schedule V controlled substance for the treatment of any patient, such prescriber, or such prescriber's authorized agent, shall review, not less than annually, the patient's records in the CPMRS.
  • On and after July 1, 2016, each pharmacy, nonresident pharmacy, outpatient pharmacy in a hospital or institution, and dispenser shall report all controlled substance prescriptions dispensed immediately upon, but in no event later than the next business day, dispensing such prescriptions into the CPMRS Data Collection website at https://pmpclearinghouse.net.

Public Act 15-198 (Effective 10/01/2015) and June Special Session Public Act 15-5, Sec. 354 (Effective 10/01/2015) - these new requirements will affect both prescribers and pharmacies.

  • Prior to prescribing greater than a 72-hour supply of any controlled substance (Schedule II - V) to any patient, the prescribing practitioner or such practitioner's authorized agent shall review the patient's records in the CPMRS at https://connecticut.pmpaware.net.
    • Whenever a prescribing practitioner prescribes controlled substances for the continuous or prolonged treatment of any patient, such prescriber, or such prescriber's authorized agent shall review not less than once every 90 days, the patient's records in the CPMRS.
    • If the CPMRS is not operational, prescriber may prescribe greater than a 72-hour supply of a controlled substance to a patient during the time that the system is down as long as the prescriber or prescriber’s authorized agent reviews the records of the patient in the CPMRS not more than twenty-four hours after regaining access to the system.
  • Daily reporting mandate (see Public Act 16-43)
Public Act 13-172 was signed into law on June 21, 2013 and became effective immediately. This Public Act will have two direct effects on prescribers in the state of Connecticut.
 
  • All prescribers in possession of a Connecticut Controlled Substance (CSP) Registration issued by the State of Connecticut, Department of Consumer Protection, will be required to register as a user with the Connecticut Prescription Monitoring and Reporting System (CPMRS) at https://connecticut.pmpaware.net.

Disclaimer: The CPMRS receives data daily from dispensing pharmacies and practitioners and at least once per week from veterinary facilities. Therefore, the data within the database may not be accurate or complete. For more information about any prescription, please contact the dispensing pharmacy and/or the prescriber.

 
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Misuse and Abuse of Prescription Drugs:
Contact the CT PMP and Related Links
CT Prescription Monitoring Program
450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite 901
Hartford, CT 06103
Phone: (860) 713-6073
Fax: (860) 622-2608
CT PMP Clearinghouse Helpdesk
(available M-F, 8AM-8PM EST)
Toll-free: (866) 683-3246
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