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2023 SESSION

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HB 2147 Prescriptions; Bd. of Pharmacy to evaluate translated directions for use.

Introduced by: Elizabeth R. Guzman | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Board of Pharmacy; translated directions for use of prescriptions; report. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to convene a work group to study the provision of translated directions for the use of prescriptions. The bill directs the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by December 1, 2023.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Prescription drug labels; multilingual labeling requirement. Requires pharmacists, when requested, to provide translated directions for use of a prescription drug in the five languages most commonly spoken in the Commonwealth other than English and requires the Board of Pharmacy to publish on its website translated versions of model directions for use in the five languages.