NACDS continues to work on priority issues. HB 2754, that would make the pharmacy immunization allowances from the federal PREP Act permanent in state law, passed the House and is now in the Senate Health and Human Resources Committee. HB 2723, now included in a Senate Rules package, SB 361, 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. NACDS is also tracking a bill that would provide legislative approval of the PBM rule pursuant to the passage of HB 2263 of 2021. That language is now engrossed in Committee Substitute SB 345 which has passed the Senate and been sent to the House Judiciary Committee.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.