For years, Rogers has been a strong advocate for the establishment of PDMPs in every state
Advocate for the establishment of prescription drug monitoring programs in every state.
Occurrences
Evidence
The conference agreement includes $7,500,000 to expand the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, and the conferees encourage States to develop systems that allow bordering States to share information.
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) are active in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of Puerto Rico and Guam.
Rogers' official House issue page says he has long advocated for PDMPs, helped establish a national DOJ grant program in 2001, and that every state now has a functional PDMP.
Missouri's governor announced signing SB 63 to create a statewide PDMP and stated similar statewide programs had already been adopted in every other state, DC, and Guam.
The Missouri Senate bill record shows SB 63 was signed by the governor and established a statewide prescription drug monitoring structure to collect and maintain controlled-substance dispensation data.
DEA reported PDMPs active in all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam, while noting Missouri had local coverage but not yet a statewide PDMP.
SAMHSA reported that 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam had operational PDMPs as of the guide's publication.
Assessments
Rogers promised to advocate for PDMP establishment in every state, not to singlehandedly enact state laws. The evidence shows he materially advanced that goal through federal support, including helping establish the DOJ/Harold Rogers PDMP grant program and continued appropriations/advocacy. The national outcome was ultimately completed later when Missouri enacted a statewide PDMP in 2021, after other states already had programs. Because the final nationwide completion occurred well after the early federal efforts but while the same broader federal office context continued, this counts as delivered with later_term timing.
The promised outcome was advocacy for PDMP establishment in every state, not sole enactment. PDMPs are now active in all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Rogers also receives meaningful candidate credit because federal appropriations explicitly expanded the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program and encouraged state development and interstate information sharing. Because nationwide completion occurred after the earlier federal support record and across later state/federal implementation cycles, timing is best classified as later_term.