Detection

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. Below is a listing of some of the conference call that PDMP TTAC staff members facilitated and participated:

During this reporting period, BJA leadership indicated that there was no pressing need to hold a PDMP grantee orientation webinar; however, PDMP TTAC team members continue to offer assistance in organizing the webinar pending BJA leadership’s decision to move forward.

Grantees will receive training and practical information and provide best practices on responses to substance use disorders and overdose prevention that prioritize prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction.

The event serves as an opportunity for COSSUP grantees to further the goals of the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program to support effective local, state, and tribal responses to illicit substance use in order to reduce overdose deaths, promote public safety, and support access to treatment and recovery services in the criminal justice system.

The Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office (SCSO) RSAT program at Blaine Street Women’s Facility provides a gender-responsive substance use treatment and reentry program. The facility offers all three FDA approved medications for opioid use disorder as part of a medication-assisted treatment (MAT) program. The program was designed to better address the needs of an increasing number of incarcerated women with serious, chronic substance use disorder (SUD), the high rate of SUD in Santa Cruz County, and the percentage of incarcerated women who have complex barriers to successful reentry.

To a group of mental health and social service workers, a comprehensive overview of DDRC and drug use in Alabama was provided.

On January 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced the results of an investigation of the Cumberland County Jail. The investigation looked at potential violations of the Eighth and 14th Amendments of the Constitution due to failure to screen for or provide adequate treatment to individuals at risk of self-harm and suicide.

The first of the bi-annual RxCheck Governance Board meetings was held virtually on March 9, 2023. Thirty-three of the thirty-eight member PDMPs were in attendance, The agenda sessions at the meeting included:

1. Governance Board Officer Elections
2. IJIS/Tetrus Updates
3. RxConsole User Guide
4. Website Workgroup Report
5. Future meeting schedule

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. Below is a listing of some of the conference call that PDMP TTAC staff members facilitated and participated:

The PDMP TTAC team hosts and facilitates monthly conference calls with the RxCheck Governance Board; the PMIX Standards Organization; the PMIX Operations, Technical, Standards Compliance Subcommittees; and ad hoc committees as needed to support the groups in accomplishing their goals. During this reporting period, the PDMP TTAC team hosted and facilitated 7 conference calls with the various PMIX groups.