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CA AB1794

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2026

Primary Sponsor

Rhodesia Ransom

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Exempts manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors from pharmacy licensing requirements when furnishing enteral nutrition products directly to a patient's residence with a valid prescriber order

  • Authorizes pharmacists and exempted manufacturers/wholesalers/distributors to distribute enteral nutrition products directly to patients with medically diagnosed conditions that preclude full use of regular food

  • Requires the California State Board of Pharmacy to adopt regulations governing the direct distribution of enteral nutrition products to patients

  • Makes technical changes to existing pharmacy law, including updating language from "may not" to "shall not" and replacing gendered pronouns with "their"

  • Parallels existing exemptions that already allow direct-to-patient distribution of dialysis drugs and devices

Legislative Description

Pharmacy: enteral products.

Last Action

Referred to Com. on B. & P.

2/23/2026

Committee Referrals

Business and Professions2/23/2026

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