HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3238 FILED ON: 1/20/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3239
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul R. Heroux
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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 improve access to and reporting of pharmacy services in hospitals.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Paul R. Heroux | 2nd Bristol | 1/20/2017 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3238 FILED ON: 1/20/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3239
By Mr. Heroux of Attleboro, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3239) of Paul R. Heroux for legislation to improve access to pharmacy based services within hospital settings. Public Health. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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An Act to improve access to and reporting of pharmacy services in hospitals.
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: Subsection (a) of Section 24B ½of chapter 112 of the General laws, as appearing in the 2014 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting after each instance of “supervising physician” the words “, attending physician or attending physician’s designee in the hospital setting”.
Section 2: Subpart (1) of subsection (c) of Section 24B½of Chapter 112 of the General laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding after the word “designee;” the following “provided, that a patient’s attending physician or attending physician’s designee may refer a patient to a pharmacist practicing under a collaborative practice agreement overseen by a supervising physician whose scope of practice is in that area of medicine;”
Section 3: Clause (6) of subsection (a) of Section 39I of Chapter 112 of the general laws is hereby amended by striking the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following:
All institutional sterile compounding pharmacies shall report to the board, on an annual basis, a list of prescriptions dispensed within and outside of the commonwealth, as well as the volume of these prescriptions, with the exception of prescriptions dispensed to individuals for immediate use while receiving inpatient or outpatient care and treatment in the institution during the year.