1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Providers Are Required To Note Experiences in Record Systems to Help In-need Patients Act or the Medicaid PARTNERSHIP Act . 2. Requirements under the Medicaid program relating to qualified prescription drug monitoring programs and prescribing certain controlled substances Title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1943 the following new section: 1944. Requirements relating to qualified prescription drug monitoring programs and prescribing certain controlled substances (a) In general Beginning October 1, 2021, a State shall, subject to subsection (d), require each covered provider to check the prescription drug history of a covered individual being treated by the covered provider through a qualified prescription drug monitoring program described in subsection (b) before prescribing to such individual a controlled substance. (b) Qualified prescription drug monitoring program described A qualified prescription drug monitoring program described in this subsection is, with respect to a State, a prescription drug monitoring program administered by the State that, at a minimum, satisfies each of the following criteria: (1) The program facilitates access by a covered provider to, at a minimum, the following information with respect to a covered individual, in as close to real-time as possible: (A) Information regarding the prescription drug history of a covered individual with respect to controlled substances. (B) The number and type of controlled substances prescribed to and filled for the covered individual during at least the most recent 12-month period. (C) The name, location, and contact information (or other identifying number selected by the State, such as a national provider identifier issued by the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) of each covered provider who prescribed a controlled substance to the covered individual during at least the