Amendment ID: S2397-15-R1

Redraft Amendment 15

Emergency Insulin Access

Messrs. Tran and Tarr move that the proposed new draft be amended by inserting after section 42 the following section:-

“SECTION 42A. For the purposes of this section, "Emergency situation" shall mean an event in which authorization for the dispensing of insulin may not be readily obtained from the practitioner.

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the health policy commission, in consultation with the center for health information and analysis, shall provide a cost estimate review and evaluation of permitting a pharmacist, in an emergency situation, to: (i) dispense not more than a 72-hour supply of insulin; or (ii) dispense more than a 72-hour supply of insulin if the standard unit of dispensing for the drug exceeds a 72-hour supply; provided, however, that the review and evaluation shall include an estimate of costs to the commonwealth under 45 C.F.R. 155.170.

The review and evaluation shall be posted on the commission’s website and shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than March 1, 2020.”.