Legislation

Title: Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product
Sponsored by: Delegate Shetty
Status: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 162
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

Synopsis

Requiring a pharmacist, or the pharmacist's designee who is under certain supervision, to inform a consumer of the availability of a therapeutically equivalent brand name drug that is the lowest cost alternative to the originally prescribed drug or device and the cost difference between the equivalent drug or device and the prescribed drug; requiring a pharmacist to provide written notice, or to maintain a record that indicates a patient was notified in writing or orally, that the generic product is equivalent to the brand name product; etc.

Committees

Original:: Health and Government Operations Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

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Witness List

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0537

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1119 Session: 2020 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2021

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/15/2021 Legislative Date 1/15/2021 Action First Reading Health and Government Operations Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/21/2021 Legislative Date 1/21/2021 Action Hearing 2/03 at 2:30 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Health and Government Operations Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/24/2021 Legislative Date 2/24/2021 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/25/2021 Legislative Date 2/25/2021 Action Favorable with Amendments {446882/1 Adopted Proceedings 16 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/25/2021 Legislative Date 2/25/2021 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 16 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/26/2021 Legislative Date 2/26/2021 Action Third Reading Passed (128-0) Proceedings 17 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/02/2021 Legislative Date 2/17/2021 Action Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings 18 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 4/10/2021 Legislative Date 4/10/2021 Action Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 4/10/2021 Legislative Date 3/20/2021 Action Favorable Adopted Proceedings 45 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 4/10/2021 Legislative Date 3/20/2021 Action Second Reading Passed Proceedings 45 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 4/12/2021 Legislative Date 3/21/2021 Action Third Reading Passed (45-0) Proceedings 46 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/12/2021 Legislative Date 3/27/2021 Action Returned Passed Proceedings 46 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Post Passage Calendar Date 5/18/2021 Legislative Date 5/18/2021 Action Approved by the Governor - Chapter 162 Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Chapter - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/15/2021	1/15/2021	First Reading Health and Government Operations
			Text - First - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product
House	1/21/2021	1/21/2021	Hearing 2/03 at 2:30 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Health and Government Operations	Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/24/2021	2/24/2021	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
House	2/25/2021	2/25/2021	Favorable with Amendments {446882/1 Adopted	16 Click to view Recorded Media
House	2/25/2021	2/25/2021	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	16 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product
House	2/26/2021	2/26/2021	Third Reading Passed (128-0)	17 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/02/2021	2/17/2021	Referred Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs	18 Click to view Recorded Media
			Vote - Senate - Committee - Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs	Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	4/10/2021	4/10/2021	Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Senate	4/10/2021	3/20/2021	Favorable Adopted	45 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	4/10/2021	3/20/2021	Second Reading Passed	45 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	4/12/2021	3/21/2021	Third Reading Passed (45-0)	46 Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/12/2021	3/27/2021	Returned Passed	46 Click to view Recorded Media
Post Passage	5/18/2021	5/18/2021	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 162
			Text - Chapter - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Drug or Device Product

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