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HF 555

A bill for an act relating to the practice of pharmacy, and providing for administrative penalties. (Formerly HSB 202.) Effective date: 07/01/2024.

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Subcommittee members: Edler-CH, Costello, Trone Garriott

Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023

Time: 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Location: Room 217 Conference Room

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03-22-2023

Kevin Hendress []

Oppose this bill we do not need to allow the federal government any more control over the good people of Iowa than they already have. Allow our pharmacist to do their job as needed in Iowa following OUR state laws.

03-23-2023

Karen Campbell []

Does the patient benefit? With authority comes power with power comes money with money comes corruption. When this goes to court, how are the courts and the insurance companies going to handle the problems that arise. Whenever you federalize something it doesnt go well, for example the department of education. What are you doing here and giving the pharmacist a choice between Moderno and Pfizer

03-23-2023

Jennifer Leonhard []

Vote no to national oversight on iowas pharmacists. This bill is filled with problems. it removes Iowa's control over it's own pharmaceutical licensees.it opens the door for a national board to use political retribution on pharmacists they don't agree with (as we just saw over the last 3 years as medicine became political vs scientific)it doesn't require consent in section 26 for pharmacists to enter data into IRIS. We MUST have consent and data privacy options.

03-23-2023

Matt Wells []

This bill seeks to add another layer of bureaucracy to an industry already laden with bureaucratic overreach. This is just another step toward regulatory capture of our medical system. Large corporations can meet these demands because they have compliance departments, etc. My town has a small, local pharmacy. This bill will cost them time and money. Stop the crony corporatist bureaucratic overreach.

03-23-2023

Elizabeth L []

Vote no. Turning over Iowa's pharmacies to federal control won't benefit Iowans. Recent years have shown that reliance on federal level overnight/control is a dangerous thing for states and takes away their ability to decline bad policy. Those at the federal level don't live here or raise their families here. Iowans know what's best for us, let's keep it that way.

03-23-2023

Cary Smith []

Vote NO!!! This bill is not in the best interest of the providers the board oversees nor the patients these providers serve. Concentration of power leads to corruption. Violating laws should lead to discipline not choosing to work outside of "guidelines" or "recommendations" especially when a provider is acting in a patients best interest. Every patient receiving an immunization in the state of Iowa should be required to be informed of what IRIS is and sign that they understand how there information will be used and opt into this program just like HIPPA. This most definitely should include information on the IMC (Iowa Medical Countermeasures) section of IRIS that allows for our citizens to be TRACKED during outbreaks: tracking quarantine, tracking isolation, tracking medical countermeasuresSO basically tracking us without our consent. Kind of sounds like this could help enforce quarantine, isolation and vaccination. Please stop giving away our freedoms.

03-23-2023

Kristine Pfab []

VOTE NO!!! Why on earth would you want to vote to hand over more power to the federal government when you are constantly complaining about government overreach? This bill will lead to punishing pharmacists who do not follow an approved treatment as we have seen over the last 3 years.This bill also violates patients privacy rights by not obtaining written consent before entering an immunization record into the IRIS registry.

03-23-2023

Micah Wacker []

As we saw during Covid 19, pharmacists can be put under great pressure to not prescribe certain medications. This bill would only increase this pressure. Doctors should be able to prescribe medications that will best help their patients without interference from the pharmacist. This bill would only encourage that interference.