Wrap: The bill would let police as well as doctors be alerted to cases of suspected opioid abuse.

A drug treatment program director in Jackson County told the House Health Insurance Committee she is treating more teens than ever before.

Stacey Daniels-Young said that more effective law enforcement made possible by this bill may help lower these rates.

In past years, some lawmakers have argued against giving police access to private medical information like prescriptions.

Reporting from the State Capital, I'm Allison Pecorin.

Wrap: The prescription drug monitoring program would give pharmacists and physicians access to a full list of patient's prescription records.

Randy Sheer who lobbies for a drug-production company told the committee insurance providers already have records that are more detailed and easily accessible than the records the proposed bill would create.

Reporting from the State Capital, I'm Allison Pecorin.

Wrap: Randy Scherr lobbies for Mallinckrodt, one of the world's largest producers of opioid drugs. 

He told the House Health Insurance Committee that Missouri is facing an influx of people coming to the state for prescription opioids because it's more difficult to track prescription refills here.

But in past years, some legislators have argued a statewide prescription database would pose a risk to patient privacy.

Reporting from the State Capital, I'm Allison Pecorin.