Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Pharmacy, Pharmacists' in Tennessee

Companion Bill SB3122. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Revises supervision requirements for dispensing of drugs in certain circumstances in federally qualified health centers. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB4011 / *SB3122Increase State Expenditures - $81,500/One-Time $2,281,900/Recurring Bill Summary for HB4011 / *SB3122 This bill specifies that a registered nurse or certified pharmacy technician in a federally qualified health center may dispense prescription drugs without the direct, on-premises supervision by an on-duty pharmacist only if a pharmacist provides supervision of the dispensing by means of on-line computer technology. Each dispensing transaction by a nurse or technician pursuant to this provision must be supervised by online computer technology. A pharmacist may only provide such supervision [...]

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Companion Bill SB3937. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Promulgates the standards by which pharmacists and pharmacies may engage in the centralized dispensing of prescription drugs. - Amends TCA Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB3921 / *SB3937Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3921 / *SB3937 This bill establishes standards for centralized drug and device prescription dispensing by pharmacies. This bill authorizes a pharmacy to engage another pharmacy to dispense prescriptions on its behalf, the act of which would not constitute a transfer of medical or prescription orders as set forth in the rules of the board of pharmacy, if all of the following conditions are present: (1) The participating pharmacies have the same owner or entered into a written contract or agreement that outlines the services to be [...]

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Companion Bill HB3921. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Promulgates the standards by which pharmacists and pharmacies may engage in the centralized dispensing of prescription drugs. - Amends TCA Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *SB3937 / HB3921Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3937 / HB3921 This bill establishes standards for centralized drug and device prescription dispensing by pharmacies. This bill authorizes a pharmacy to engage another pharmacy to dispense prescriptions on its behalf, the act of which would not constitute a transfer of medical or prescription orders as set forth in the rules of the board of pharmacy, if all of the following conditions are present: (1) The participating pharmacies have the same owner or entered into a written contract or agreement that outlines the services to be [...]

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Companion Bill SB3587. Criminal Offenses - Creates criminal offenses for fraud and doctor shopping in certain health care programs; provides TennCare Office of Inspector General authority to investigate and prosecute such offenses. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 57, Part 1; Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 29; Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 30; Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 11 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 25. Fiscal Summary for HB3758 / *SB3587Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - $250,000 $6,900/Incarceration* Bill Summary for HB3758 / *SB3587 Present law authorizes the office of inspector general to investigate civil and criminal fraud and abuse of TennCare, Access Tennessee, Cover Tennessee, and CoverKids. Under present law, it is a Class E felony criminal offense for any person to obtain controlled [...]

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Companion Bill SB3211. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Grants TennCare's office of inspector general authority to investigate fraud and abuse in certain prescription drug programs. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-713; Section 50-7-701; Title 56, Chapter 57; Section 71-5-148; Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 25 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 5. Fiscal Summary for HB3759 / *SB3211Increase State Expenditures - $250,000 Bill Summary for HB3759 / *SB3211 Present law authorizes the office of inspector general to investigate criminal fraud and abuse related to TennCare, Access Tennessee, Cover Tennessee, and CoverKids. This bill adds to the duties of the office of inspector general by designating the office of inspector general as the lead agency to investigate criminal fraud and abuse related to the Volunteer Rx program, the health care safety net for the uninsured,[...]

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Companion Bill SB3551. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Establishes certain policies and procedures for the centralized dispensing or refilling of prescriptions from a central location by and among commonly-owned or affiliated pharmacies. - Amends TCA Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB3629 / *SB3551Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3629 / *SB3551 This bill establishes standards for centralized drug and device prescription dispensing by pharmacies. This bill authorizes a pharmacy to engage another pharmacy to dispense prescriptions on its behalf, the act of which would not constitute a transfer of medical or prescription orders as set forth in the rules of the board of pharmacy, if all of the following conditions are present: (1) The participating pharmacies have the same owner or entered into a written [...]

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Companion Bill SB2755. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires notification on the part of a pharmacist or pharmacy technician to a patient and prescriber before interchanging immunosuppressive drugs for transplant patients. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB3651 / *SB2755Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3651 / *SB2755 Generally, a pharmacist may substitute a prescribed drug for a less expensive equivalent of that drug. This bill restricts the substitution of one manufacturer's drug for another's in regard to immunosuppressive drugs, when a patient's immunosuppressive therapy is being controlled on a specific drug, strength, dosage form, and dosing regimen from a specific manufacturer. Under this bill, prior to interchanging an immunosuppressive drug, the pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or pharmacy technician [...]

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Companion Bill SB3127. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires pharmacists to indicate on the label of a prescription drug for an elder person the condition for which the drug is prescribed if the elder person or the person's physician requests it. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10 and Title 63, Chapter 10. Fiscal Summary for HB3298 / *SB3127Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3298 / *SB3127 ON APRIL 10, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 3298, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to require any person dispensing a legend drug for an elder person to include on the label of the container in which the legend drug is dispensed the indication or indications for which the drug is being prescribed if requested by the prescriber, patient or patient's caregiver and the prescriber, patient or [...]

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Companion Bill HB3759. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Grants TennCare's office of inspector general authority to investigate fraud and abuse in certain prescription drug programs. - Amends TCA Section 39-11-713; Section 50-7-701; Title 56, Chapter 57; Section 71-5-148; Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 25 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 5. Fiscal Summary for *SB3211 / HB3759Increase State Expenditures - $250,000 Bill Summary for *SB3211 / HB3759 Present law authorizes the office of inspector general to investigate criminal fraud and abuse related to TennCare, Access Tennessee, Cover Tennessee, and CoverKids. This bill adds to the duties of the office of inspector general by designating the office of inspector general as the lead agency to investigate criminal fraud and abuse related to the Volunteer Rx program, the health care safety net for the uninsured,[...]

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Companion Bill HB3206. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Prohibits a pharmacy from permitting a person to pick up a prescription for a controlled substance for an individual without presenting identification and confirming the person is an authorized member of the individual's household. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *SB3214 / HB3206Other Fiscal Impact - The Board of Pharmacy will incur an increase in one-time expenditures of $4,900 and recurring expenditures of $162,800. The Board is self-supporting and will increase total fee collections by $167,700 if there is not adequate revenue generated to cover the additional expenditures. Currently, the Board is collecting approximately $480,600 in excess revenue each year. Bill Summary for *SB3214 / HB3206 This bill places restrictions on dispensing and delivering prescriptions for controlled [...]

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Companion Bill HB3629. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Establishes certain policies and procedures for the centralized dispensing or refilling of prescriptions from a central location by and among commonly-owned or affiliated pharmacies. - Amends TCA Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *SB3551 / HB3629Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3551 / HB3629 This bill establishes standards for centralized drug and device prescription dispensing by pharmacies. This bill authorizes a pharmacy to engage another pharmacy to dispense prescriptions on its behalf, the act of which would not constitute a transfer of medical or prescription orders as set forth in the rules of the board of pharmacy, if all of the following conditions are present: (1) The participating pharmacies have the same owner or entered into a written [...]

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Companion Bill HB3110. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires board of pharmacy to designate an official prescription form that is serialized and tamper-resistant for dispensers of prescription drugs to use. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for SB3746 / *HB3110Increase State Revenue - $2,390,900 Increase State Expenditures - $679,100/One-Time $3,745,800/Recurring $41,300/Incarceration* Bill Summary for SB3746 / *HB3110 This bill requires the board of pharmacy to designate an official Tennessee prescription form that is serialized and tamper-resistant. The board may contract with a private vendor to develop and print the official prescription form from a third-party vendor, provided the printer has met security regulations promulgated by the board. The board must provide the official [...]

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Companion Bill SB3608. Criminal Offenses - Clarifies that provisions of the TennCare fraud "doctor shopping" statute apply to physicians and other prescribing health care providers. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 56 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *HB3292 / SB3608MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB3292 / SB3608 Under present law, it is a Class E felony criminal offense for any person to knowingly obtain, or attempt to obtain, or aid or abet any person to obtain, by fraudulent means, or in any unauthorized manner, controlled substance benefits by intentionally failing to disclose to a physician or other health care provider from whom the person obtains a controlled substance that the person received the same or a similar controlled substance from another practitioner within the previous 30 days and the person used TennCare to pay for either the clinical visit [...]

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Companion Bill HB3758. Criminal Offenses - Creates criminal offenses for fraud and doctor shopping in certain health care programs; provides TennCare Office of Inspector General authority to investigate and prosecute such offenses. - Amends TCA Title 56, Chapter 57, Part 1; Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 29; Title 56, Chapter 7, Part 30; Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 11 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 25. Fiscal Summary for *SB3587 / HB3758Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - $250,000 $6,900/Incarceration* Bill Summary for *SB3587 / HB3758 Present law authorizes the office of inspector general to investigate civil and criminal fraud and abuse of TennCare, Access Tennessee, Cover Tennessee, and CoverKids. Under present law, it is a Class E felony criminal offense for any person to obtain controlled [...]

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Companion Bill HB3292. Criminal Offenses - Clarifies that provisions of the TennCare fraud "doctor shopping" statute apply to physicians and other prescribing health care providers. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 56 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for SB3608 / *HB3292MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB3608 / *HB3292 Under present law, it is a Class E felony criminal offense for any person to knowingly obtain, or attempt to obtain, or aid or abet any person to obtain, by fraudulent means, or in any unauthorized manner, controlled substance benefits by intentionally failing to disclose to a physician or other health care provider from whom the person obtains a controlled substance that the person received the same or a similar controlled substance from another practitioner within the previous 30 days and the person used TennCare to pay for either the clinical visit [...]

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Companion Bill SB3746. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires board of pharmacy to designate an official prescription form that is serialized and tamper-resistant for dispensers of prescription drugs to use. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *HB3110 / SB3746Increase State Revenue - $2,390,900 Increase State Expenditures - $679,100/One-Time $3,745,800/Recurring $41,300/Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB3110 / SB3746 This bill requires the board of pharmacy to designate an official Tennessee prescription form that is serialized and tamper-resistant. The board may contract with a private vendor to develop and print the official prescription form from a third-party vendor, provided the printer has met security regulations promulgated by the board. The board must provide the official [...]

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Companion Bill SB3214. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Prohibits a pharmacy from permitting a person to pick up a prescription for a controlled substance for an individual without presenting identification and confirming the person is an authorized member of the individual's household. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB3206 / *SB3214Other Fiscal Impact - The Board of Pharmacy will incur an increase in one-time expenditures of $4,900 and recurring expenditures of $162,800. The Board is self-supporting and will increase total fee collections by $167,700 if there is not adequate revenue generated to cover the additional expenditures. Currently, the Board is collecting approximately $480,600 in excess revenue each year. Bill Summary for HB3206 / *SB3214 This bill places restrictions on dispensing and delivering prescriptions for controlled [...]

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Companion Bill HB4011. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Revises supervision requirements for dispensing of drugs in certain circumstances in federally qualified health centers. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *SB3122 / HB4011Increase State Expenditures - $81,500/One-Time $2,281,900/Recurring Bill Summary for *SB3122 / HB4011 This bill specifies that a registered nurse or certified pharmacy technician in a federally qualified health center may dispense prescription drugs without the direct, on-premises supervision by an on-duty pharmacist only if a pharmacist provides supervision of the dispensing by means of on-line computer technology. Each dispensing transaction by a nurse or technician pursuant to this provision must be supervised by online computer technology. A pharmacist may only provide such supervision [...]

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Companion Bill HB3298. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires pharmacists to indicate on the label of a prescription drug for an elder person the condition for which the drug is prescribed if the elder person or the person's physician requests it. - Amends TCA Title 53, Chapter 10 and Title 63, Chapter 10. Fiscal Summary for *SB3127 / HB3298Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3127 / HB3298 ON APRIL 10, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 3298, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to require any person dispensing a legend drug for an elder person to include on the label of the container in which the legend drug is dispensed the indication or indications for which the drug is being prescribed if requested by the prescriber, patient or patient's caregiver and the prescriber, patient or [...]

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Companion Bill HB3651. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires notification on the part of a pharmacist or pharmacy technician to a patient and prescriber before interchanging immunosuppressive drugs for transplant patients. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *SB2755 / HB3651Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB2755 / HB3651 Generally, a pharmacist may substitute a prescribed drug for a less expensive equivalent of that drug. This bill restricts the substitution of one manufacturer's drug for another's in regard to immunosuppressive drugs, when a patient's immunosuppressive therapy is being controlled on a specific drug, strength, dosage form, and dosing regimen from a specific manufacturer. Under this bill, prior to interchanging an immunosuppressive drug, the pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or pharmacy technician [...]

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Companion Bill SB2212. TennCare - Requires that each prescription drug discount plan provide information regarding the procedures for a member to cancel a membership; requires the board of pharmacy to report to the bureau of TennCare when fines collected for a violation of the legend drug provisions are the result of a TennCare-related matter; revises other various TennCare provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 12; Title 20; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 47; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 58; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *HB2278 / SB2212Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB2278 / SB2212 This bill revises various TennCare and health care-related provisions, as follows: (1) Present law requires the [...]

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Companion Bill HB2276. TennCare - Requires that each prescription drug discount plan provide information regarding the procedures for a member to cancel a membership; requires the board of pharmacy to report to the bureau of TennCare when fines collected for a violation of the legend drug provisions are the result of a TennCare-related matter; revises other various TennCare provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 12; Title 20; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 47; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for SB2210 / *HB2276 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB2210 / *HB2276 This bill revises various TennCare and health care-related provisions, as follows: (1) Present law requires the [...]

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Companion Bill HB2278. TennCare - Requires that each prescription drug discount plan provide information regarding the procedures for a member to cancel a membership; requires the board of pharmacy to report to the bureau of TennCare when fines collected for a violation of the legend drug provisions are the result of a TennCare-related matter; revises other various TennCare provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 12; Title 20; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 47; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 58; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for SB2212 / *HB2278Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB2212 / *HB2278 This bill revises various TennCare and health care-related provisions, as follows: (1) Present law requires the [...]

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Companion Bill SB2210. TennCare - Requires that each prescription drug discount plan provide information regarding the procedures for a member to cancel a membership; requires the board of pharmacy to report to the bureau of TennCare when fines collected for a violation of the legend drug provisions are the result of a TennCare-related matter; revises other various TennCare provisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 12; Title 20; Title 29; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 40; Title 41; Title 47; Title 49; Title 50; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *HB2276 / SB2210 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB2276 / SB2210 This bill revises various TennCare and health care-related provisions, as follows: (1) Present law requires the [...]

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Companion Bill SB0661. Psychologists - Authorizes certain specifically-certified psychologists to prescribe drugs and sets forth requirements related to that prescriptive authority. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB1607 / *SB0661Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1607 / *SB0661 This bill authorizes psychologists to prescribe and dispense drugs and other treatment procedures within the scope of their practice. This bill adds the category "prescribing psychologists" to the existing categories of psychologists and define it as a psychologist with a health care provider designation who has been certified by the board of examiners in psychology. The board would be responsible for ensuring that each psychologist has met [...]

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Companion Bill SB1112. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Establishes requirements for audits by pharmacy benefits managers of pharmacies or pharmacists, for appeals of unfavorable preliminary audits, and for the calculation of reimbursement by a pharmacy benefits manager under a contract to a pharmacist or pharmacy. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB1343 / *SB1112Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - Could result in a fiscal impact to the Bureau of TennCare if the provisions of the bill resulted in changes to the negotiating power of PBMs. Such would have an effect on the pharmaceutical expenditures of the Bureau of TennCare which is not determinable. A more precise cost estimate is not possible because the Bureau of TennCare has not provided any information to assist in the [...]

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Companion Bill HB1343. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Establishes requirements for audits by pharmacy benefits managers of pharmacies or pharmacists, for appeals of unfavorable preliminary audits, and for the calculation of reimbursement by a pharmacy benefits manager under a contract to a pharmacist or pharmacy. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *SB1112 / HB1343Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - Could result in a fiscal impact to the Bureau of TennCare if the provisions of the bill resulted in changes to the negotiating power of PBMs. Such would have an effect on the pharmaceutical expenditures of the Bureau of TennCare which is not determinable. A more precise cost estimate is not possible because the Bureau of TennCare has not provided any information to assist in the [...]

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Companion Bill HB1190. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Enacts the "Safe Prescription Drug Act of 2007." - Amends TCA Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *SB1197 / HB1190Increase State Expenditures - $5,000 One-Time $50,500 / Incarceration* Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB1197 / HB1190 Beginning January 1, 2008, this bill requires any person engaged in wholesale distribution of prescription drugs into Tennessee to maintain a detailed record, called a pedigree for purposes of this bill, with information on each wholesale distribution of a prescription drug that is distributed outside the normal distribution channel. The normal distribution channel is a chain of custody for a prescription drug that goes from the drug's manufacturer, or an agent of the manufacturer, to: (1) A wholesale distributor,[...]

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Companion Bill SB0236. Professions and Occupations - Provides for the licensure of naturopathic physicians. - Amends TCA Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB1176 / *SB0236Increase State Revenues - $40,700 Increase State Expenditures - $32,400 Recurring $8,300 One-Time $1,300/Incarceration* Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1176 / *SB0236 Under present law, it is a Class B misdemeanor for any person to practice naturopathy in this state. Present law defines "naturopathy" as nature cure or health by natural methods and is defined as the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human injuries, ailments and disease by the use of such physical forces, as air, light, water, vibration, heat, electricity, hydrotherapy, psychotherapy,[...]

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Companion Bill SB1197. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Enacts the "Safe Prescription Drug Act of 2007." - Amends TCA Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB1190 / *SB1197Increase State Expenditures - $5,000 One-Time $50,500 / Incarceration* Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB1190 / *SB1197 Beginning January 1, 2008, this bill requires any person engaged in wholesale distribution of prescription drugs into Tennessee to maintain a detailed record, called a pedigree for purposes of this bill, with information on each wholesale distribution of a prescription drug that is distributed outside the normal distribution channel. The normal distribution channel is a chain of custody for a prescription drug that goes from the drug's manufacturer, or an agent of the manufacturer, to: (1) A wholesale distributor,[...]

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Companion Bill HB0549. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Moves the board of pharmacy from commerce and insurance to the division of health related boards; revises various provisions regarding the practice of a pharmacist. - Amends TCA Section 4-3-1304 and Title 63, Chapter 10. Fiscal Summary for SB0756 / *HB0549Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - There will be a transfer of $899,300 in state expenditures, $1,380,000 in state revenues, and $1,780,800 in reserve funds from the Department of Commerce and Insurance to the Department of Health. All funds will stay with the Board of Pharmacy which will continue to be self supporting. Bill Summary for SB0756 / *HB0549 Under present law, the board of pharmacy is attached to the department of commerce and insurance's division of regulatory boards. This bill transfers the board from [...]

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Companion Bill HB0777. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Permits registered nurses to dispense prescription drugs under the online supervision of a pharmacist. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for SB0799 / *HB0777(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - $555,200/One-Time $15,545,700/Recurring Bill Summary for SB0799 / *HB0777 This bill specifies that a registered nurse may dispense prescription drugs without the direct, on-premises supervision by an on-duty pharmacist only if a pharmacist provides supervision of the dispensing by means of on-line computer technology. Each dispensing transaction by a nurse pursuant to this provision must be supervised by online computer technology. A pharmacist may only provide such supervision when on duty at an appropriate pharmacy facility. In dispensing pursuant to this bill, a pharmacist [...]

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Companion Bill SB0756. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Moves the board of pharmacy from commerce and insurance to the division of health related boards; revises various provisions regarding the practice of a pharmacist. - Amends TCA Section 4-3-1304 and Title 63, Chapter 10. Fiscal Summary for *HB0549 / SB0756Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - There will be a transfer of $899,300 in state expenditures, $1,380,000 in state revenues, and $1,780,800 in reserve funds from the Department of Commerce and Insurance to the Department of Health. All funds will stay with the Board of Pharmacy which will continue to be self supporting. Bill Summary for *HB0549 / SB0756 Under present law, the board of pharmacy is attached to the department of commerce and insurance's division of regulatory boards. This bill transfers the board from [...]

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Companion Bill SB0799. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Permits registered nurses to dispense prescription drugs under the online supervision of a pharmacist. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *HB0777 / SB0799(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - $555,200/One-Time $15,545,700/Recurring Bill Summary for *HB0777 / SB0799 This bill specifies that a registered nurse may dispense prescription drugs without the direct, on-premises supervision by an on-duty pharmacist only if a pharmacist provides supervision of the dispensing by means of on-line computer technology. Each dispensing transaction by a nurse pursuant to this provision must be supervised by online computer technology. A pharmacist may only provide such supervision when on duty at an appropriate pharmacy facility. In dispensing pursuant to this bill, a pharmacist [...]

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Companion Bill SB0297. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Establishes a system that requires dispensers of prescription drugs to use official prescription forms. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for HB0821 / *SB0297Increase State Expenditures - $1,513,400 Recurring $1,256,900 One-Time $200,000 FY09-10 $39,600 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for HB0821 / *SB0297 This bill requires the board of pharmacy and the TBI's diversion investigation unit (established by this bill) to establish and maintain a program for the monitoring of prescribing and dispensing of all Schedule II, III, IV and V controlled substances and additional drugs identified by the board and the diversion investigation unit as demonstrating a potential for abuse by all professionals licensed to prescribe [...]

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Companion Bill HB1607. Psychologists - Authorizes certain specifically-certified psychologists to prescribe drugs and sets forth requirements related to that prescriptive authority. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for *SB0661 / HB1607Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB0661 / HB1607 This bill authorizes psychologists to prescribe and dispense drugs and other treatment procedures within the scope of their practice. This bill adds the category "prescribing psychologists" to the existing categories of psychologists and define it as a psychologist with a health care provider designation who has been certified by the board of examiners in psychology. The board would be responsible for ensuring that each psychologist has met [...]

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Companion Bill SB0775. Criminal Offenses - Creates criminal offenses of criminal diversion of TennCare prescriptions and failure to disclose to physician that a person has received a prescription for a controlled substance within 30 days when obtaining a prescription for a controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *HB0586 / SB0775Increase State Expenditures - $4,400 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB0586 / SB0775 This bill makes it unlawful for a TennCare enrollee to intentionally fail to disclose to a physician from whom the person obtains a controlled substance, or a prescription for a controlled substance, that the person has received either the same controlled substance, or a prescription for the same controlled substance, or a controlled substance of similar therapeutic use, or [...]

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Companion Bill HB0586. Criminal Offenses - Creates criminal offenses of criminal diversion of TennCare prescriptions and failure to disclose to physician that a person has received a prescription for a controlled substance within 30 days when obtaining a prescription for a controlled substance. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for SB0775 / *HB0586Increase State Expenditures - $4,400 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for SB0775 / *HB0586 This bill makes it unlawful for a TennCare enrollee to intentionally fail to disclose to a physician from whom the person obtains a controlled substance, or a prescription for a controlled substance, that the person has received either the same controlled substance, or a prescription for the same controlled substance, or a controlled substance of similar therapeutic use, or [...]

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Companion Bill HB0121. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires notification before interchanging or substituting for a prescribed anti-epileptic drug in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for SB0442 / *HB0121(Corrected) Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $363,000 Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal Expenditures - Exceeds $637,000 Potential Impact on Health Insurance Premiums (required by Tenn. Code Ann. § 3-2-111): Such legislation will not have a significant impact on the cost of health insurance premiums. Bill Summary for SB0442 / *HB0121 ON APRIL 30, 2007, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 121, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 revises the restrictions on interchange of drugs in this bill. Instead of requiring prior notification and signed informed consent from the prescribing physician [...]

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Companion Bill HB0821. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Establishes a system that requires dispensers of prescription drugs to use official prescription forms. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *SB0297 / HB0821Increase State Expenditures - $1,513,400 Recurring $1,256,900 One-Time $200,000 FY09-10 $39,600 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *SB0297 / HB0821 This bill requires the board of pharmacy and the TBI's diversion investigation unit (established by this bill) to establish and maintain a program for the monitoring of prescribing and dispensing of all Schedule II, III, IV and V controlled substances and additional drugs identified by the board and the diversion investigation unit as demonstrating a potential for abuse by all professionals licensed to prescribe [...]

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Companion Bill HB1176. Professions and Occupations - Provides for the licensure of naturopathic physicians. - Amends TCA Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *SB0236 / HB1176Increase State Revenues - $40,700 Increase State Expenditures - $32,400 Recurring $8,300 One-Time $1,300/Incarceration* Increase Local Govt. Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB0236 / HB1176 Under present law, it is a Class B misdemeanor for any person to practice naturopathy in this state. Present law defines "naturopathy" as nature cure or health by natural methods and is defined as the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human injuries, ailments and disease by the use of such physical forces, as air, light, water, vibration, heat, electricity, hydrotherapy, psychotherapy,[...]

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Companion Bill SB0442. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires notification before interchanging or substituting for a prescribed anti-epileptic drug in certain situations. - Amends TCA Title 53 and Title 63. Fiscal Summary for *HB0121 / SB0442(Corrected) Increase State Expenditures - Exceeds $363,000 Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal Expenditures - Exceeds $637,000 Potential Impact on Health Insurance Premiums (required by Tenn. Code Ann. § 3-2-111): Such legislation will not have a significant impact on the cost of health insurance premiums. Bill Summary for *HB0121 / SB0442 ON APRIL 30, 2007, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 121, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 revises the restrictions on interchange of drugs in this bill. Instead of requiring prior notification and signed informed consent from the prescribing physician [...]

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Companion Bill SB0068. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires the commissioner of finance and administration to enter into discussions with the member states of the I-SAVE RX program and to either participate in that program or establish a separate Tennessee program providing cost savings for prescriptions purchased internationally. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for HB0012 / *SB0068 Increase State Expenditures - $645,000 One-Time Bill Summary for HB0012 / *SB0068 This bill requires the commissioner of finance and administration to enter into discussions with the member states of I-SaveRx, with appropriate representatives of companies that import Canadian and other international prescription drugs to the United States, or with other appropriate parties in the commissioner's discretion, to establish by January 1, 2008: [...]

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Companion Bill HB0012. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires the commissioner of finance and administration to enter into discussions with the member states of the I-SAVE RX program and to either participate in that program or establish a separate Tennessee program providing cost savings for prescriptions purchased internationally. - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *SB0068 / HB0012 Increase State Expenditures - $645,000 One-Time Bill Summary for *SB0068 / HB0012 This bill requires the commissioner of finance and administration to enter into discussions with the member states of I-SaveRx, with appropriate representatives of companies that import Canadian and other international prescription drugs to the United States, or with other appropriate parties in the commissioner's discretion, to establish by January 1, 2008: [...]

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