1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2017 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Controlled substance The term controlled substance has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802 ). (2) Covered State The term covered State means a State that receives funding under the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program established under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 ( Public Law 107–77 ; 115 Stat. 748) or the controlled substance monitoring program under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280g–3 ). (3) Dispenser The term dispenser — (A) means a person licensed or otherwise authorized by a State to deliver a prescription drug product to a patient or an agent of the patient; and (B) does not include a person involved in oversight or payment for prescription drugs. (4) PDMP The term PDMP means a prescription drug monitoring program. (5) Practitioner The term practitioner means a practitioner registered under section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 823(f) ) to prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled substances. (6) State The term State means each of the several States and the District of Columbia. 3. Prescription drug monitoring program requirements (a) In general Beginning 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, each covered State shall require— (1) each prescribing practitioner within the covered State or their designee, who shall be licensed or registered healthcare professionals or other employees who report directly to the practitioner, to consult the PDMP of the covered State before initiating treatment with a prescription for a controlled substance listed in schedule II, III, or IV of section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 812(c) ), and every 3 months thereafter as long as the treatment continues