; and (2) providing health care services for such individuals during such period. (c) Rule of construction Nothing under title XIX of the Social Security Act or any other provision of law precludes a State from reclassifying or suspending (rather than terminating) eligibility of an individual for medical assistance under title XIX of the Social Security Act while such individual is an inmate of a public institution. E Medicaid Partnership 5041. Short title This subtitle 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 . 5042. Medicaid providers are required to note experiences in record systems to help in-need patients (a) 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, in accordance with such timing, manner, and form as specified by the State, 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: