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.
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