File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Dyson
- Entitled:
-
Nursing Home Residents - Prescription Drugs - Choice of Pharmacy
Providing that nursing home residents may use pharmacies of their
choice; requiring a nursing home to ensure that a resident has an
alternate pharmacy available for emergency prescription service if the
pharmacy of the resident's choice does not dispense prescriptions 24
hours a day and 7 days a week; and abrogating the Act if any provision
of the Act is in conflict with federal law or regulation or would
impair the ability of the State to receive federal funds.
Senate Action
- 1/31
- First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
- 2/14
- Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/6
- Hearing cancelled
- 3/12
- Withdrawn
House Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
- NURSING HOMES -see also- CONTINUING CARE; LONG TERM CARE
- PHARMACISTS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-1415 ,
19-1415
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered