Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-450

EHS 450

DPH Pharmacists Study

Messrs. Rodrigues and Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting at the end thereof the following section:-

SECTION__. The department of public health shall conduct a study relative to permitting pharmacists in the commonwealth to fill prescriptions for schedule II narcotics written by mid-level practitioners in contiguous states. The study shall examine the educational requirements for licensing such mid-level practitioners by the contiguous states and whether such standards are equivalent to those in the commonwealth for the licensing of similar professions. The department shall report the results of the study to the joint committee on mental health and substance abuse and the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before December 31, 2016.