Bill Title: Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. In the definition of "practice of pharmacy": provides for the administration of long-acting injectables for mental health or substance use disorders (rather than injections of long-term antipsychotic medications); and removes language providing that the definition includes administration of injections of long-acting or extended-release form opioid antagonists for the treatment of a substance use disorder following the initial administration of long-acting or extended-release form opioid antagonists by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-07-01 - Effective Date January 1, 2025 [HB5530 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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