Bill Text: HI HB220 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating To Health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-22 - Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 06-23-20 2:00PM in conference room 329. [HB220 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-HB220-Amended.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	220
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO HEALTH.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 328, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§328-    Customized patient medication package.  (a)  A pharmacy may provide a customized patient medication package to any patient of an institutional facility or any member of the general public; provided that:

     (1)  The pharmacy has obtained the consent of the patient, patient's caregiver, patient's guardian, or prescribing practitioner;

     (2)  The consent is accompanied by the patient's current prescription; and

     (3)  The customized patient medication package meets the requirements of section 328-16.

     (b)  As used in this section:

     "Customized patient medication package" means a package that:

     (1)  Is prepared by a pharmacist for a specific patient; and

     (2)  Contains one or more prescribed solid oral dosage forms.

     "Institutional facility" and "pharmacy" have the same meaning as in section 461-1.

     "Pharmacist" has the same meaning as "registered pharmacist" in section 461-1."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

 

 

Report Title:

Prescription Drugs; Pharmacy; Customized Patient Medication Packages

 

Description:

Authorizes a pharmacy to provide a customized patient medication package to any patient of an institutional facility or any member of the general public, subject to certain conditions.  (HB220 HD1)

 

 

 

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