H-8119

   Amend the amendment, H-8086, to Senate File 453, as passed by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 2, before line 2 by inserting: 
   <(3)  Requirements that the managing pharmacy demonstrate to the board that there is limited access to pharmacy services in the community where the telepharmacy site is located. 
   (a)  The managing pharmacy shall submit information demonstrating the need for the telepharmacy site upon initial application for a special or limited-use pharmacy license for the telepharmacy site.
   (b)  The board shall consider the availability of pharmacists in the community, whether the request is for availability of patient care in a critical access area or is solely for the benefit of the managing pharmacy, whether any benefit to the managing pharmacy will balance the benefit to the patients of the telepharmacy site, the population of the community to be served by the remote site, and the need for the service.>
   2.  Page 2, line 2, by striking <(3)> and inserting <(4)>
   3.  Page 2, line 4, by striking <(4)> and inserting <(5)>
   4.  Page 2, line 6, by striking <(5)> and inserting <(6)>
   5.  Page 2, line 8, by striking <(6)> and inserting <(7)>
   6.  Page 2, after line 12 by inserting: 
   <d.  The board shall not approve a telepharmacy site if a licensed pharmacy that dispenses prescription drug orders to outpatients is located within the same community as the proposed telepharmacy site or is located within fifteen miles of the proposed telepharmacy site.>
   7.  By renumbering as necessary.

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PETTENGILL of Benton