HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3318        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1915

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Claire D. Cronin

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to ensure patient medication adherence.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

1/16/2015

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

10/8/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

10/8/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

10/8/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3318        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1915

By Ms. Cronin of Easton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1915) of Claire D. Cronin and others for legislation to direct the Department of Public Health to implement an institutional pharmacy discharge medication pilot program to ensure patient medication adherence.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act to ensure patient medication adherence.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. (a) The department of public health shall implement an institutional pharmacy discharge medication pilot program for the purposes of ensuring patient medication adherence that shall last for 2 years.  Such a program shall: (1) allow institutional pharmacies to be treated like retail pharmacies for the purposes of providing medication to a patient at the time of discharge; and (2) allow hospitals licensed pursuant to section 51 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and hospital pharmacists that hold a current license to practice pharmacy in the commonwealth to provide a 14-day supply of medication to a patient at the time of discharge and to perform medication review, reconciliation and counseling.

(b) If at the end of the 2-year pilot the department of public health determines that the program has improved medication adherence, the department of public health shall remove any regulatory barriers that prohibit such a program from expanding.