Posted: | August 5, 2016 01:11 PM |
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From: | Senator Patrick M. Browne |
To: | All Senate members |
Subject: | Emergency Prescription Law |
In the near future I plan to amend the Pennsylvania Pharmacy Act to permit pharmacists to dispense emergency prescription refills for up to 30 days pursuant to certain restrictions. The legislation provides that a patient who is on drug essential to sustaining their life or essential to maintaining a consistent drug therapy, and is not a controlled substance, may receive a 30 day emergency refill without a prescription. Ohio recently passed a similar statute that went into effect on March 23, 2016. Under current law, a pharmacist can only provide one refill of the prescription limited to a seventy-two hour emergency supply. This change is necessary because there are instances in which certain drugs are not available in a 72 hour supply, such as insulin. This legislation would permit the pharmacist to dispense up to a 30 day emergency supply as long as the existing restrictions for emergency prescriptions are met. The pharmacist must:
Please join me in co-sponsoring this important piece of legislation. |
Introduced as SB1409