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2023 SESSION
HB 1952 Pharmacies; reporting of processing delays impacting patient safety.
Introduced by: M. Keith Hodges | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Pharmacies; reporting of processing delays impacting patient safety; centralized or remote processing of prescriptions. Requires a pharmacy that, on average, during any one-week period is unable to process a prescription within two days of receipt of such prescription to report the prescription backlog to the Board of Pharmacy. The bill requires any pharmacy making such report to submit a corrective action plan detailing its staffing, workflow, technology, and patient communication strategies to address the prescription backlog. The bill permits the Board to (i) investigate any reported or suspected backlog; (ii) accept, amend, or reject a corrective action plan; and (iii) impose disciplinary action against the pharmacy permit for failure to comply with the bill. Additionally, the bill allows pharmacies to perform centralized or remote processing of prescriptions in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103915D pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23106992D-S1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103915D
- 01/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/19/23 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/26/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/23 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (20-Y 1-N)
- 02/02/23 House: Read first time
- 02/03/23 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/06/23 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 2-N)
- 02/06/23 House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N)
- 02/07/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/13/23 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 02/16/23 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 3-N 1-A)
- 02/16/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23106992D-S1
- 02/17/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/23 Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
- 02/20/23 Senate: Recommitted to Education and Health
- 02/22/23 Senate: Left in Education and Health