HF 620: Relating to the dispensing of a refill of a chronic maintenance drug to a patient

What it does

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 by refilling a prescription for a chronic maintenance drug if the pharmacist is unable, after reasonable efforts, to obtain authorization from the prescriber or another health care provider responsible for the patient’s care; and if in the pharmacist’s professional judgment, the refusal to dispense the refill of the chronic maintenance drug will endanger the patient’s life or health or will disrupt essential drug therapy for a chronic condition of the patient.

In plain words

1. March 5, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Human Resources committee