Interdiction

During the reporting period, the TTAC team participated in biweekly conference calls with BJA staff members to discuss current COSSAP and PDMP projects and activities. Status reports on PDMP TTAC deliverables and activities are also provided to BJA through weekly written updates. The TTAC staff provided updates on PDMP activities under way during three COSSAP TTA providers calls. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, an in-person meeting of TTA providers has not yet been scheduled; however, the TTAC staff will participate when the meeting is held.

The outbreak of COVID-19 resulted in travel restrictions in most states; consequently, national meetings related to PDMP activities were not held.

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. During the reporting period, TTAC staff members held three compliance conference calls that brought together interested PDMP administrators to discuss concerns or issues and seek solutions through a consensus of ideas. TTAC staff members conducted six calls during the reporting period to explore the issue of patient matching.

The PDMP TTAC team hosts and facilitates monthly conference calls with the RxCheck Working Group; the PMIX Working Group; the PMIX Operations, Technical, and Standards Compliance Subcommittees; and ad hoc committees as needed to support the groups in accomplishing their goals. During this reporting period, the TTAC team hosted and facilitated 29 monthly conference calls with the various PMIX groups and 23 calls with the various RxCheck groups.

Worked with the National Advocacy Center to deliver online workshop. This makes up for the FY2018 and FY2019 workshops that were cancelled.

Webinar on July 30, 2020 from 12-2 PM EST, presented by AEquitas and Ark of Freedom, titled "Drugs as Coercion: Responding to Drug-Facilitated Human Trafficking." The presentation will identify common dynamics in sex and labor trafficking and describe how drugs and alcohol are used to assert and maintain control over their victims and perpetrate trafficking and trafficking related crimes.

The subaward to IJIS Institute and its subawardee, Tetrus Consulting, Inc., was fully executed during this reporting period. The work conducted by the IJIS Institute and Tetrus during the reporting period is detailed below.

The TTAC team has developed working relationships with many key federal partners representing public health and public safety communities and also collaborates regularly with numerous national organizations. During this reporting period, TTAC staff supported the following national and federal partners:
• ONC - discussed potential solutions to the issue of matching PDMP records to the correct patient.
• CDC – assisted CDC grantees and other partners in developing interstate data sharing and healthcare record integration with the RxCheck Hub.

During the reporting period, the TTAC team participated in weekly update calls with BJA’s COAP policy advisors and in bi-weekly conference calls with BJA staff and other COAP TTA providers to discuss current COAP and PDMP projects and activities. Status reports on PDMP TTAC deliverables and activities are also provided to BJA through weekly written updates.

The TTAC team facilitated a PDMP Track at the COAP National Meeting held in Washington, DC on March 10-12, 2020. The TTAC staff identified several PDMP COAP grantees to present at the meeting and funded the travel expenses for the grantees.