Consultant Pharmacists
Summary
Consultant Pharmacists; Requires pharmacist to complete additional training for consultant pharmacist licensure; authorizes consultant pharmacist to perform specified services; prohibits consultant pharmacist from modifying or discontinuing medicinal drugs prescribed by health care practitioner; requires maintenance of collaborative practice agreements; requires such agreements be available upon request by DOH; prohibits consultant pharmacist from diagnosing disease or condition.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Signed Mar 11, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 11, 2020 · House Feb 20, 2020
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Mar 11, 2020
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Mar 11, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 115 NAYS 2
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/06/20, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Health and Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Committee
CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Original reference(s) removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 01/21/20, 10:00 am, Mashburn Hall
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Nov 25, 2019
Committee
Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jose Javier Rodriguez
DDemocratic
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