Jose Solorio
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacies, including hospital pharmacies, by the California State Board of Pharmacy, and makes a knowing violation of that law a crime. Existing law prohibits the operation of a pharmacy without a license and a separate license is required for each pharmacy location. Under existing law, a hospital pharmacy, as defined, includes a pharmacy located outside of the hospital in another physical plant. However, as a condition of licensure by the board for these pharmacies, pharmaceutical services may only be provided to registered hospital patients who are on the premises of the same physical plant in which the pharmacy is located and those services must be directly related to the services or treatment plan administered in the physical plant. This bill would authorize a centralized hospital packaging pharmacy to prepare medications, by performing specified functions, for administration only to inpatients within its own general acute care hospital and one or more general acute care hospitals if the hospitals are under common ownership, as defined, and within a 75-mile radius of each other. The bill would require a centralized hospital packaging pharmacy to obtain a specialty license from the board, and the bill would make these licenses subject to annual renewal. The bill would condition both the issuance and renewal of a specialty license on a board inspection of the centralized hospital packaging pharmacy to ensure that the pharmacy is in compliance with the bill's provisions and regulations established by the board. The bill would impose specified issuance and annual renewal fees for a specialty license, and because these fees would be deposited into the Pharmacy Board Contingent Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would authorize a centralized hospital packaging pharmacy to prepare and store a limited quantity of specified unit dose drugs in advance of receipt of a patient-specific prescription in a specified quantity. The bill would impose various requirements on centralized hospital packaging pharmacies, including, but not limited to, that medications be barcoded to be readable at the inpatient's bedside and that medication labels contain specified information. The bill would make these pharmacies and pharmacists responsible for the integrity, potency, quality, and labeled strength of any unit dose drug product prepared by the packaging pharmacy. Because a knowing violation of these provisions would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 687, Statutes of 2012.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 9. Page 6696.).
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (August 30).
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 6648.)
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4958.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 13).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1356.)
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P.
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B., P. & C.P.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB377 | HTML |
| 02/14/11 - Introduced | |
| 04/14/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/06/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/24/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/11/12 - Enrolled | |
| 09/28/12 - Chaptered |
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