House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
262
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
51)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
refilling
of
a
prescription
in
emergency
1
situations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
155A.29,
subsection
3,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
a.
Prescriptions
may
be
refilled
once
pursuant
to
3
subsection
2
for
a
period
of
time
reasonably
necessary
for
the
4
pharmacist
to
secure
prescriber
authorization.
5
b.
Notwithstanding
paragraph
“a”
,
a
prescription
may
be
6
refilled
pursuant
to
subsection
2
once
in
a
twelve-month
7
period,
and
the
pharmacist
may
dispense
an
amount
not
to
exceed
8
a
thirty-day
supply,
or
if
the
standard
unit
of
dispensing
9
exceeds
a
thirty-day
supply
or
is
unit
dosed,
an
amount
not
to
10
exceed
the
standard
supply
or
unit
of
dispensing.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
provides
that
in
addition
to
existing
provisions
15
relating
to
the
refilling
of
a
prescription
without
prescriber
16
authorization,
a
pharmacist
may
exercise
professional
judgment
17
and
refill
a
prescription
once
in
a
12-month
period
and
may
18
dispense
an
amount
not
to
exceed
a
30-day
supply,
or
if
the
19
standard
amount
of
dispensing
exceeds
a
30-day
supply
or
is
20
unit
dosed,
an
amount
not
to
exceed
the
standard
supply
or
21
limit
of
dispensing.
22
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