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Relating to collaborative pharmacy practice allowing pharmacists to provide patient care and drug therapy management services
Sponsored by the Senate Human Resources Committee
Topics:Health care
Same legislation: SF 123
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2019
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 18, 2020
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 4, 202046–2
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- 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
AI summary Pharmacists would be allowed to work directly with doctors to manage medicine and care for patients, including those with mental health needs. If a health insurance plan normally pays for these services from a doctor, they can also pay for them when a pharmacist provides them under a special agreement. This change does not apply to Medicaid or the Hawkeye program.1
Read the official explanation
This bill allows a pharmacist to engage in a collaborative pharmacy practice, in accordance with administrative rules adopted by the board of pharmacy and under a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement, to provide patient care and drug therapy management services to a patient including a patient following a behavioral health diagnosis by a practitioner. The bill also provides that if a health benefit plan provides for payment or reimbursement for a service that is within the lawful scope of practice of a practitioner or pharmacist and the service is provided by a pharmacist pursuant to a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement, the health carrier may provide payment or reimbursement for the service. The bill provides definitions used in the bill including “collaborative pharmacy practice” and “collaborative pharmacy practice agreement”. The bill does not apply to the medical assistance program or to the hawk-i program.
House subcommittee
Named March 5, 2020. On March 11, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
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