HB272 Alabama 2016 Session

Under existing law, as a condition of participation in the Public Education Employees Health Insurance Programs (PEEHIP), a pharmacist is required to dispense a generic equivalent medication to fill a prescription for a PEEHIP patient when one is available unless the physician indicates otherwise in longhand writing on the prescription.

This bill would allow a prescribing physician to also indicate that a generic equivalent drug should not be used by indicating such by mark or signature in the appropriate place on the prescription or by indicating such in an electronic prescription.

To amend Section 16-25A-18, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to generic equivalent medications, to allow a prescribing physician to also indicate that a generic equivalent drug should not be used by indicating such by mark or signature in the appropriate place on the prescription or by indicating such in an electronic prescription.