SB345 Alabama 2010 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2010
Title
Prescription legend drugs, donation of drugs by hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or hospices to charitable pharmacies, authorized, physicians' samples authorized to be donated and transferred to charitable clinics and pharmacies, Secs. 20-3-2, 20-3-3 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, legend drugs dispensed
to a patient at a hospital, nursing facility,
assisted living facility, or hospice may be donated
and transferred to charitable clinics to be used by
charitable patients without charge if certain
conditions are met</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would allow legend drugs to be
dispensed by prescription but not administered to
patients at certain health care facilities to be
donated and transferred to charitable clinics under
certain conditions; to authorize the drugs to be
transferred in the same manner to charitable
pharmacies, as defined, to be dispensed to
charitable patients; and to further authorize
samples given to physicians to be donated and
transferred to charitable clinics and charitable
pharmacies</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Sections 20-3-2 and 20-3-3 of the Code of
Alabama 1975, authorizing legend drugs dispensed by
prescription to patients at certain health care facilities to
be donated and transferred to charitable clinics under certain
conditions; to authorize the drugs to be transferred in the
same manner to charitable pharmacies, as defined, to be
dispensed to charitable patients; and to further authorize
samples given to physicians to be donated and transferred to
charitable clinics and charitable pharmacies.
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Subjects
Health
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| February 2, 2010 | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB345 Alabama 2010 Session - Introduced |