HF 555: Relating to the practice of pharmacy, and providing for administrative penalties

What it does

This bill relates to the practice of pharmacy. The bill creates general principles that licensees and registrants of the board of pharmacy (board) must consider when determining whether an act violates the appropriate standard of care. The bill also reorganizes Code chapter 155A (pharmacy) by combining and repealing certain Code sections, and makes conforming Code changes.27 (requirements for prescriptions). The bill adds pharmacists to the definition of “practitioner” for the purposes of Code chapter 155A and defines “therapeutic substitution” as the replacement of a prescribed drug with an alternative molecule with assumed equivalent therapeutic effect.

Senate subcommittee · named March 21, 2023

• Sen. Jeff Edler (R)
• Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) · sarah.trone.garriott@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 4 for, 1 against

For: Broadlawns Medical Center; Hy-Vee, Inc.; Iowa Pharmacy Association; Wellmark, Inc.

Against: Informed Choice Iowa

In plain words

1. March 2, 2023Filed in the House
2. March 16, 2023Passed the House, 86–10
3. March 20, 2023Arrived in the Senate
4. March 21, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Edler, Costello and Trone Garriott
5. March 23, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it
6. March 30, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
7. February 26, 2024Passed the Senate, 46–0
8. April 3, 2024Passed the House, 87–9
9. April 19, 2024Sent to the Governor
10. April 19, 2024Signed into law