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2002 SESSION

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HB 154 Health; certain unused drugs re-dispensed to indigent.

Introduced by: Mitchell Van Yahres | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Health; certain unused drugs provided to free clinics. Permits nursing homes to enter into voluntary agreements with pharmacists to return any drugs that are no longer necessary for their residents in order that the pharmacy may dispense such drugs to the indigent, free of charge, subject to certain restrictions. The drugs must be in the manufacturers' original sealed containers or sealed individual dose or unit dose package and the return must comply with federal law. Only an authorized person will accomplish the physical transfer, consent must be obtained from the relevant patient or his authorized representative for return of the medication, the expiration date remains, all identifying data relating to the patient for whom the drug was dispensed must be removed, inventories must accompany the transferred drugs, and outdated drugs cannot be transferred and must be destroyed according to the Board's regulations. The pharmacist-in-charge at the participating pharmacy will be reponsible for determining the suitability of the drug for redispensing. Prescriptions dispensed for Medicaid or children's health insurance program recipients cannot be donated. The Board of Pharmacy must promulgate emergency regulations to implement the program.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/28/01 020055964  pdf | impact statement
• 02/05/02  House: Committee substitute printed 022538964-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/13/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB154ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/08/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments engrossed

HISTORY

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/28/01 020055964
• 01/09/02  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/21/02  House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 1
• 02/05/02  House: Reported from H. W. I. w/substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/02  House: Committee substitute printed 022538964-H1
• 02/06/02  House: Read first time
• 02/07/02  House: Read second time
• 02/07/02  House: Committee substitute agreed to 022538964-H1
• 02/07/02  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute 022538964-H1
• 02/08/02  House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N)
• 02/08/02  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 2-N)
• 02/08/02  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/11/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/11/02  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/21/02  Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/02  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/02  Senate: Read third time
• 02/25/02  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 02/25/02  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/25/02  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/25/02  Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/02  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/27/02  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/28/02  House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (91-Y 2-N)
• 02/28/02  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (91-Y 2-N)
• 03/13/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB154ER)
• 03/18/02  House: Enrolled
• 03/18/02  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/19/02  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/06/02  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 632 (effective - see bill)
• 04/08/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632)