Bill Text: NJ A547 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits pharmacists to adjust increment in which medication is dispensed for certain prescriptions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-11 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee [A547 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-A547-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 547

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits pharmacists to adjust increment in which medication is dispensed for certain prescriptions.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning certain prescriptions and amending P.L.2003, c.280.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Section 21 of P.L.2003, c.280 (C.45:14-60) is amended to read as follows: 

     21.  a.   A pharmacist may dispense a prescription in a different dosage form than originally prescribed if the pharmacist notifies the prescriber no later than 48 hours following the dispensing of the prescription, provided the dosage form dispensed has the appropriate drug release rate.

     b.    A pharmacist may dispense a 90 day supply of medicine if the original prescription is for a 30 day supply of medicine with two or more refills permitted, provided that the overall quantity of medicine dispensed by the pharmacist does not exceed the overall quantity of medicine indicated on the original prescription.

(cf: P.L.2003, c.280, s.21)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill permits pharmacists to adjust increment in which medication is dispensed for certain prescriptions.  Under the bill, a pharmacist may dispense a 90 day supply of medicine if the original prescription is for a 30 day supply of medicine with two or more refills permitted, provided that the overall quantity of medicine dispensed by the pharmacist does not exceed the overall quantity of medicine indicated on the original prescription.