PBM reform bill, AB 440, was heard in the Assembly Commerce and Labor Committee on March 31. The Retail Association of Nevada offered several amendments defining specialty drugs, patient steering, patient choice, adequate networks, any willing provider, spread pricing, as well as prohibiting retroactive fees and setting a rate floor. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Steve Yeager (D) announced several new members of the Democratic Caucus leadership team for the 2023 biennial legislative session. They are Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui, Majority Floor Leader, and Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno, Chair of Assembly Ways & Means Committee.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

The Board of Pharmacy posted the agenda for the two-day hybrid virtual/in-person October 13 and 14 meeting.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

The state joined Washington and Oregon in offering the ArrayRx card, a state-backed discount card program.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

At the September Board of Pharmacy meeting, Board members voted against extending a temporary emergency regulation re-instating the 6:1 pharmacy technician to pharmacist ratio that expired in July of 2022. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

In response to a request from chain pharmacy, September 7 & 8 Board of Pharmacy meeting, the Board will discuss and potentially act on the Adoption of an Emergency Regulation in increase the number of pharmaceutical technicians and pharmaceutical technicians in training that a pharmacist may supervise at one time from four to six. The Retail Association of Nevada (RAN) and NACDS encourage members to send a letter of support in advance of the meeting. 

Also in Nevada, pharmacists can now bill the state’s Medicaid program for hormonal contraceptive and HIV prevention services. The Board posted two guidance documents on the new laws that allow pharmacists to dispense self-hormonal contraceptives without a prescription, and allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense PEP and PrEP drugs. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) ended the state’s mask mandate effective immediately, February 10, 2022.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

Since all counties continue to be designated high risk masks are mandatory regardless of vaccination status per Gov. Steve Sisolak’s (D) Directive 045. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.

Effective January 1, 2022, all controlled substance prescriptions MUST be transmitted to a pharmacy by electronic prescribing, except for the following prescriptions: 

1. a) Issued by a veterinarian;
   b) Issued under circumstances where:
   Electronic transmission is unavailable due to technologic or electronic failure; or
        2. The drug will be dispensed at a pharmacy located outside of this State;
   c) Issued by a practitioner who will also dispense the drug;
   d) For which electronic prescribing is prohibited by federal law;
   e) Issued pursuant to a protocol for research; or
   f) Issued under circumstances in which the practitioner determines that:
        1. The patient is unable to obtain the drug in a timely manner if the prescription is given by electronic transmission; and
        2. Delay will adversely affect the patient’s medical condition. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.