Pharmacy, Pharmacists Legislation - Tennessee

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 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 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 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 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 SB3937. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires the board of pharmacy to promulgate rules relative to centralized prescription processing; specifies that each pharmacy participating in centralized prescription processing must be licensed by the board. - 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 [...]

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Companion Bill SB3122. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Authorizes a registered pharmacy technician, employed by a federally qualified health center (FQHC), to issue prescription drugs in the FQHC that have been filled by a pharmacist employed by the FQHC and delivered to the FQHC satellite clinic by an agent of the FQHC; revises other related provisions. - 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.[...]

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Companion Bill HB3921. Pharmacy, Pharmacists - Requires the board of pharmacy to promulgate rules relative to centralized prescription processing; specifies that each pharmacy participating in centralized prescription processing must be licensed by the board. - 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 [...]

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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 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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