HB 288 (1st Sub.), legislation requiring a pharmacist who dispenses opioids to offer to counsel the patient or the patient’s representative on the use and availability of an opioid antagonist and offer to dispense an opioid antagonist with a prescription or under other defined criteria, passed both the House and the Senate and will be sent to Gov. Spencer Cox (R) for his consideration.
Also in Utah, SB 193, legislation that a health insurer may not require a pharmacy to dispense a clinician-administered drug directly to an enrollee with the intention that the enrollee will transport the drug to a healthcare provider for administering, passed the Senate and the House and will be sent to Gov. Cox for his consideration.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Sandra Guckian at 703-774-4801.