Ed Hernandez
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of pharmacy by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law prohibits a person from furnishing a dangerous drug except upon the prescription of specified practitioners, except as specified. Existing law authorizes a pharmacist filling a prescription order for a drug product to substitute a generic drug product or a drug product with a different form of medication having the same active chemical ingredients of equivalent strength and duration of therapy as the prescribed drug product, subject to specified requirements. Existing law also authorizes a pharmacist to refill a prescription for a dangerous drug without the prescriber's authorization under specified circumstances. This bill would authorize a pharmacist to dispense not more than a 90-day supply of a dangerous drug other than a controlled substance pursuant to a valid prescription if the patient has completed an initial 30-day supply of the drug, except as specified, the pharmacist is exercising his or her professional judgment, the pharmacist dispenses no more than the total amount prescribed, including refills, and the prescriber has not specified on the prescription that dispensing the prescription in an initial amount followed by periodic refills is medically necessary. The bill would prohibit a pharmacist from dispensing a dangerous drug pursuant to these provisions if the prescriber indicates "No change to quantity" or words of similar meaning, as specified. The bill would require a pharmacist dispensing an increased supply of a dangerous drug pursuant to these provisions to notify the prescriber of the increase in the quantity of dosage units dispensed. The bill would provide that these provisions are not applicable to psychotropic medication or psychotropic drugs, as described.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 455, Statutes of 2012.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4626.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5969.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and HEALTH.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3487.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing May 7.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3260.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
Set for hearing April 23.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 3143.) (April 11).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Set for hearing April 11.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing March 28.
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B., P. & E.D.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1301 | HTML |
| 02/23/12 - Introduced | |
| 03/29/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/16/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/01/12 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/21/12 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/06/12 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/22/12 - Enrolled | |
| 09/22/12 - Chaptered |
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