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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 875

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Relating to: dispensing, distributing, or selling dialysate, drugs, or devices necessary for providing home peritoneal kidney dialysis.

Disease Drugs Medical service Pharmacy Physician

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill exempts persons dispensing, distributing, or selling dialysate, drugs,

or devices necessary for providing home peritoneal kidney dialysis to a patient with

end-stage renal disease from being required to obtain a pharmacist license. The

exemption granted under the bill is subject to certain requirements, as detailed in

the bill, including the following: 1) the dialysate, drugs, or devices are delivered in

their original, sealed packaging from the manufacturing facility; 2) dispensing

occurs only based on receipt of a prescription order issued by a licensed physician;

and 3) delivery is made only to a patient with end-stage renal disease, the patient's

designee, or a health care provider for administration or delivery to a patient.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Darling (R)

2 cosponsors

Brostoff (D) , Rohrkaste (R)

Full history

  1. Mar 22, 2018 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Rohrkaste and Brostoff

  2. Mar 22, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Senate Organization

  3. Mar 22, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  4. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1