HB1648: relative to sales by pharmacists under the controlled drug act.

HB 1648-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2235

01/10

HOUSE BILL 1648-FN

AN ACT relative to sales by pharmacists under the controlled drug act.

SPONSORS: Rep. J. Ward, Rock. 19; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Rep. A. Christie, Rock. 37; Rep. Abrami, Rock. 19

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes pharmacists to fill a prescription for certain controlled drugs for a 34-day supply or 100 dosage units, whichever is less. Current law allows pharmacists to fill the prescription for only the 34-day supply.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2235

01/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to sales by pharmacists under the controlled drug act.

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 or 100 dosage units, whichever is less upon any single filling for controlled drugs of schedules II or III; 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 or the 100 dosage units, 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, 2017.

LBAO 16-2235

10/13/15

HB 1648-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to sales by pharmacists under the controlled drug act.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as introduced, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2016 through 2020.