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HB 1674 Workers' Compensation; pharmacist filling a prescription to dispense therapeutically equivalent.
Introduced by: Harry R. Purkey | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Workers' Compensation; use of therapeutically equivalent drug products. Requires a pharmacist filling a prescription for medication for a workers' compensation claim to dispense a therapeutically equivalent drug product for a prescribed name-brand drug product. However, the pharmacist shall fill the prescription with the name-brand drug product prescribed if (i) a therapeutically equivalent drug product does not exist or the usual and customary retail price for it is higher than that of the prescribed name-brand drug product or (ii) the prescriber specifies on the prescription "brand medically necessary" based on a medical reason why the claimant should not have the prescription filled with a therapeutically equivalent drug product. A prescriber may direct that a prescription is "brand medically necessary" by verbal instructions in a telephone call. The costs of medication prescribed in connection with a compensable claim are not the responsibility of the claimant unless the prescription is obtained through fraud. SB 1158 is identical.
FULL TEXT
- 12/22/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 096583692 pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/09 House: Printed as engrossed 096583692-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1674ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/22/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 096583692
- 12/22/08 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/29/09 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/09 House: Read first time
- 02/03/09 House: Read second time
- 02/03/09 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/03/09 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1674E
- 02/03/09 House: Printed as engrossed 096583692-E
- 02/04/09 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/09 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/09 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/16/09 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/09 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/09 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/09 House: Enrolled
- 02/24/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1674ER)
- 02/25/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/09 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 333 (effective 7/1/09)
- 03/27/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333)