1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sharing Health Information to Ensure Lifesaving Drug Safety Act or the SHIELDS Act . 2. Sharing information with State prescription drug monitoring programs (a) Establishment Section 1074g of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection: (g) Sharing information with State prescription drug monitoring programs (1) The Secretary shall establish and operate a prescription drug monitoring program (to be known as the Military Health System Prescription Drug Monitoring Program) for prescription drugs provided through facilities of the uniformed services. (2) The Secretary shall ensure that the program established under paragraph (1)— (A) is comparable to prescription drug monitoring programs operated by States, including such programs approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280g–3 ); and (B) covers prescription drugs provided under the pharmacy benefits program that are controlled substances. (3) (A) In carrying out the program established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish appropriate procedures for sharing between the program and State prescription drug monitoring programs patient-specific information regarding prescription drugs that are controlled substances to prevent the misuse and diversion of opioid medications and other controlled substances. (B) For purposes of the regulations promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–191