AZ SB1259

Pharmacies must properly fill valid prescription orders and require employees to provide written notification of categories of drugs they decline to fill due to sincerely held religious beliefs, with pharmacies required to accommodate employees unless doing so causes undue hardship.

If a prescription drug is not in stock, pharmacies must offer customers options to expedite ordering, transfer the prescription to another pharmacy, or return the prescription with a referral to another pharmacy that stocks the drug.

Health professionals who treat rape victims must provide medical information about emergency contraception, verbally inform patients that emergency contraception will be provided upon request, and provide or prescribe emergency contraception at the patient's request within 72 hours of the rape.

Health professionals whose religious beliefs prohibit contraception may satisfy requirements by immediately referring rape victims to another available health professional who will comply with emergency contraception provisions.

The Department of Health Services must administer a program to reduce unintended pregnancy by improving awareness of emergency contraception through information on its website and social networking sites.