Our priority bills continue to advance in the Legislature. HB 2754, that would make the pharmacy immunization allowances from the federal PREP Act permanent in state law, was approved by the Senate Health and Human Resources Committee and is now on the Senate Floor for a final vote. The Senate passed an omnibus Rules package, SB 361, that authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate a rule increasing the pharmacy technician ratio from 1:4 to 1:6. The same bill also includes a final rule modernizing collaborative practice agreements to allow for population-based care. Notably, the collaborative practice rule is currently effective as an emergency rule. The package now awaits action in the House Judiciary Committee, as does Committee Substitute SB 345, a bill that would provide legislative approval of the PBM rule pursuant to the passage of HB 2263 of 2021.
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