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SF 2141Died when the session ended · January 30, 2024

Relating to the ordering and dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives by a pharmacist pursuant to statewide protocols

Topics:Health careProfessional licensingReproductive rights

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2024
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 31, 2024
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 order and give out certain birth control pills that people take themselves. To do this, pharmacists must follow specific rules set by the state and keep careful records. This applies to any hormonal birth control that is approved by the FDA to prevent pregnancy.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to the authority of pharmacists to order and dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives. The bill authorizes a pharmacist, pursuant to statewide protocols developed by the board of pharmacy in consultation with the department of health and human services and consistent with requirements for maintenance of records, notification of health care providers or provision of a written record to the patient, and continuing education, order and dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives to patients. The bill defines “self-administered hormonal contraceptive” as a self-administered hormonal contraceptive that is approved by the United States food and drug administration to prevent pregnancy.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named January 31, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§155A.46

How the Code works3

Lobbying

7 for · 1 against · 2 undecided · Who →

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