Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 61 (2017GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Redd, E.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/17/2017

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• allows a hospital pharmacy to dispense a limited supply of a prescription drug to a discharged patient, under certain circumstances, when the patient's regular retail pharmacy is not available; and
• requires the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing to make rules.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

PHARMACY SERVICE FOR DISCHARGED HOSPITAL
PATIENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Edward H. Redd
Senate Sponsor: 
 Evan J. Vickers
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill allows a hospital pharmacy to dispense a limited supply of a prescription drug
to a discharged patient under certain circumstances.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ allows a hospital pharmacy to dispense a limited supply of a prescription drug to a
discharged patient, under certain circumstances, when the patient's regular retail
pharmacy is not available; and
▸ requires the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing to make rules.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
58-17b-610.6
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
58-17b-610.6
 is enacted to read:
 58-17b-610.6.
Hospital pharmacy dispensing at discharge.
(1) The division shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
Administrative Rulemaking Act, in consultation with hospital pharmacies, to establish
guidelines under which a hospital pharmacy may dispense a limited supply of a prescription
drug to an individual who is no longer a patient in the hospital setting if:
(a) the individual is discharged from the hospital on the same day that the hospital
pharmacy dispenses the prescription drug to the individual;
(b) the prescription drug relates to the reason for which the individual was a patient at
the hospital before being discharged;
(c) the class A pharmacy with which the patient has an established pharmacy-patient
relationship is not open at the time of the patient's discharge;
(d) the hospital pharmacy dispenses a quantity of the prescription drug that is the lesser
of:
(i) a 72-hour supply; or
(ii) an adequate amount to treat the discharged patient through the first day on which
the pharmacy described in Subsection (1)(c) is open after the patient's discharge from the
hospital; and
(e) dispensing the prescription drug complies with protocols established by the hospital
pharmacy.
(2) A hospital pharmacy may dispense a prescription drug in accordance with rules
made under Subsection (1).
Legislative Review Note
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