SB 23-162, legislation chain pharmacies support that would increase access to pharmacy services by allowing a pharmacist to delegate to a pharmacy technician any task within the practice of pharmacy for which the pharmacy technician has been specifically trained, except for patient counseling, drug regimen review and clinical conflict resolution, was heard in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on March 9. The bill also removes the pharmacy technician to pharmacist ratio at a central fill pharmacy, and it authorizes reimbursement under the medical assistance program for dispensing or administering vaccines to children under 19 years of age.
Also in Colorado, HB 23-1201, a PBM reform bill that creates transparency and eliminates spread pricing, was introduced, and assigned to the House Health & Insurance Committee.
Finally, March 15 is Pharmacy Day at the Capitol.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.