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SB154: making oral contraceptives available without a prescription.

Citation
2018 SB154
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Senate status
Interim Study
Committee
Senate Health and Human Services
Hearing
02/02/2017 at 10:00 AM
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Topics

Health and Human Services

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SB 154 - AS INTRODUCED

2017 SESSION

17-0875

01/09

SENATE BILL 154

AN ACT making oral contraceptives available without a prescription.

SPONSORS: Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Innis, Dist 24; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill allows pharmacies to dispense oral contraceptives to persons 18 years of age or older without a prescription.

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17-0875

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT making oral contraceptives available without a prescription.

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

1 New Section; Pharmacies; Oral Contraceptives. Amend RSA 318 by inserting after section 47-j the following new section:

318:47-k Pharmacies; Oral Contraceptives.

I. Pharmacies, including mail-order pharmacies, may dispense oral contraceptives to persons 18 years of age or older without a prescription after an initial consultation with a licensed or certified health care provider. Such products shall only be dispensed by pharmacy employees, and shall not be accessible by the public without the assistance of a pharmacy employee. The package shall be labeled as follows: “WARNING: Use of oral contraceptives carries the risk of side effects. Consult your physician before use.”

II. In this section, “oral contraceptive” means medication taken by mouth for the purpose of birth control such as pills containing estrogen or progesterone.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.