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HB633: relative to prescription refills.

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2013 HB633
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House status
Passed/Adopted with Amendment
Senate status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES
Hearing
04/02/2013 at 09:15 AM
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HEALTH, EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES

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HB 633 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

20Mar2013… 0599h

2013 SESSION

13-0213

01/05

HOUSE BILL 633

AN ACT relative to prescription refills.

SPONSORS: Rep. D. McGuire, Merr 21; Rep. Kotowski, Merr 24; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the 34-day limit on prescription refills of schedule III controlled drugs.

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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20Mar2013… 0599h

13-0213

01/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to prescription refills.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Controlled Drugs; Sale by Pharmacists. Amend RSA 318-B:9, IV to read as follows:

IV. No prescription shall be filled for more than a 34-day supply upon any single filling for controlled drugs of [schedules] schedule II or controlled drugs of schedule III, except for schedule III steroids; provided, however, that for controlled drugs, in schedules II or III, that are commercially packaged for dispensing directly to the patient, such as metered sprays and inhalers, liquids packaged in bottles with calibrated droppers, and certain topical preparations packaged with metered dispensing pumps may be filled for greater than a 34-day supply, but not more than 60 days, utilizing the smallest available product size, in order to maintain the dosing integrity of the commercially packaged containers; and, provided that with regard to amphetamines and methylphenidate hydrochloride, a prescription may be filled for up to a 60-day supply if either such prescription specifies it is being used for the treatment of attention deficit disorder, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity, or narcolepsy.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.