Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to telepharmacy licensing requirements
Topics:State governmentHealth care
Same legislation: SF 536
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 27, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 28, 2019
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 7, 2019
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 536
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 536 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 536 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to licensing of a telepharmacy site. The bill eliminates the prohibition in current law against the issuance of a special or limited-use pharmacy license to a telepharmacy site if a licensed pharmacy that dispenses prescription drugs to outpatients is located within miles of the proposed telepharmacy site, unless the proposed telepharmacy site is located on property owned, operated, or leased by the state or unless the proposed telepharmacy site is located within a hospital campus and is limited to inpatient dispensing.
Read the full explanation
Current law also provides that the mileage requirement does not apply to a telepharmacy site that was approved and operating as a telepharmacy prior to July 1, 2016. The bill also eliminates a corresponding provision that would allow an applicant that did not meet or was not otherwise exempt from the mileage requirement to apply for a waiver of the mileage requirement.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 28, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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