Relating to the dispensing of insulin in emergency situations, and providing for insurance coverage

Topics:Health care Prescription drug prices

Same legislation: SF 291, SF 530, HF 700

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2019
Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 20, 2019
Done: House committeeMarch 6, 2019
Done: Passes the HouseMarch 19, 2019
Done: Senate committeeApril 4, 2019
Done: Passes the SenateApril 9, 201949–0
Stopped: To the GovernorDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill provides that in addition to existing provisions relating to the refilling of a prescription without prescriber authorization, a pharmacist may exercise professional judgment and refill a prescription for and dispense insulin without prescriber authorization if the pharmacy has a record of the patient’s expired prescription, the pharmacist is unable to contact the prescriber after reasonable efforts, and the insulin is essential to the health of the patient and the patient will be harmed if the insulin is not dispensed.

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Under these conditions, a pharmacist may dispense insulin in an amount not to exceed a 30-day supply and only once in a 12-month period. The bill also provides that a policy or contract providing for third-party payment or prepayment of insulin when prescribed by a practitioner shall also provide coverage for insulin dispensed without authorization as provided in the bill, for an amount not to exceed a 30-day supply, once in a 12-month period.

Changed since by amendments S-3143, S-3141; see Amendments.

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named February 20, 2019. On February 28, 2019 it recommended amendment and passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§514C.18A

Amends§155A.29

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Lobbying

8 for · 1 against · 18 undecided · Who →

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88th General Assembly

SF 291RenumberedSenate companion HF 447Didn’t advanceHouse companion SF 530Didn’t advancefrom SF 291 HF 700Passed a chamberHouse companion

Picked up later

HF 262Passed a chamber89th GA

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Similar bills

HF 262 Relating to the refilling of a prescription in emergency situations
89th General Assembly · Passed House
Nearly identical

Matched by wording or an identical title.