Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to an exception to electronic prescribing of a prescription drug
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 15, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 16, 2021
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 Doctors usually have to send prescriptions to pharmacies electronically, but this law would allow them to give patients a signed paper prescription instead. This exception applies if the patient wants to use a pharmacy outside of Iowa or a specific pharmacy of their own choosing.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides for an exception to the requirement that all prescriptions for prescription drugs be transmitted electronically as an electronic prescription to a pharmacy by a prescriber or a prescriber’s authorized agent. Under the bill, a prescription, including a controlled substance, that will be dispensed in a jurisdiction outside the state or by a pharmacy of the patient’s choice is exempt from the electronic prescribing requirement if the prescription is an original signed prescription provided to a patient or a patient’s authorized representative. The written prescription is subject to other requirements for a written prescription as currently provided by law.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 16, 2021. On February 22, 2021 it recommended indefinite postponement.
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Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
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