Pharmacy Practice Act
Summary
The act authorizes a pharmacy technician or a pharmacy intern, under the supervision of a pharmacist, to replenish medication in a cassette device used for the automatic packaging of medication. The act also allows: A prescription drug that has been dispensed by a cassette device to be returned to the cassette device for redispensing as long as certain safety requirements are met; and A prescription drug that is dispensed but not delivered to a patient to be returned to stock and redispensed as long as it is stored in the container in which it was dispensed and maintains a label that accurately identifies its contents with respect to the original prescription label. APPROVED by Governor June 6, 2024 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Apr 16, 2024
Signed Jun 6, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 1, 2024 · House May 5, 2024
How they voted
34–1
Passed
Total votes 35
May 1, 2024
D
Democratic23
100% Yea
R
Republican12
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Jun 6, 2024
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
May 6, 2024
Introduced
Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
upper
May 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
May 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
May 1, 2024
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
lower
May 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
Apr 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JS
Jim Smallwood
RRepublican
P
Mandy Lindsay
DDemocratic
P
Robert Rodriguez
DDemocratic
P
SB
Shannon Bird
DDemocratic
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