2008 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 1387

CHAPTER NUMBER: 216
File Code: Health Occupations Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 767
Sponsored By:
Delegates Mizeur, Costa, Davis, Donoghue, Elliott, Hubbard, Pena-Melnyk, Riley, Benson, Hammen, Kach, Kipke, Kullen, McDonough, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pendergrass, Reznik, Tarrant, V. Turner, and Weldon
Entitled:
Health Occupations - Board of Pharmacy - Remote Automated Medication Systems

Synopsis:

Requiring the Board of Pharmacy to adopt regulations to authorize pharmacists to dispense medication from a remote location for the benefit of a health care facility that uses a remote automated medication system; requiring a pharmacist to be responsible for the accountability of medications in the system; requiring a pharmacist who is not physically present where the remote automated medication system is located to have access to the system by electronic and visual means for specified purposes; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occuring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
2/8
First Reading Health and Government Operations
2/13
Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
3/22
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/19
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/20
Third Reading Passed (134-0)
4/4
Returned Passed
Senate Action
3/22
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/3
Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/2
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/3
Third Reading Passed (46-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
4/24
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 216

Sponsored by:

Delegate Heather R. Mizeur, District 20
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
Drugs -see also- Controlled Dangerous Sub; Substance Abuse
Electronic Government
Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals
Labeling
Nursing Homes -see also- Continuing Care; Long Term Care
Patients
Pharmacists and Pharmacies
Privacy
Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records
Reports
Rules and Regulations
Safety -see also- Occupational Safety

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health Occupations
( 12-307 , 12-307 , 12-605 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
House
Number: 936986/01     Offered on: March 22, 2008   at: 11:50 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 20, 2008: Third Reading Passed (134-0)
Senate
April 3, 2008: Third Reading Passed (46-0)