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MT HB794

Bill

Status

Passed

5/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Curtis Schomer

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes the utilization plan requirement for pharmacies and out-of-state mail order pharmacies, eliminating the need for Board approval of pharmacy technician supervision ratios

  • Requires pharmacists to obtain a formal endorsement from the Board of Pharmacy to practice as a clinical pharmacist practitioner, with ongoing requirements for maintaining a pharmacist license, additional education/certification, and a current collaborative pharmacy practice agreement

  • Eliminates the 5-business-day notification requirement for pharmacists to communicate biosimilar product substitutions to prescribers, and removes the requirement to post generic drug signage in pharmacies

  • Clarifies that wholesale distribution licenses apply to prescription devices in addition to prescription drugs, and updates terminology from "mail service pharmacy" to "mail order pharmacy" throughout the statutes

  • Repeals sections 37-7-307, 37-7-308, 37-7-309 (utilization plan provisions) and 37-7-506 (purchaser notice requirements for generic drug substitution)

Legislative Description

Revise pharmacy laws

Health

Last Action

Chapter Number Assigned

5/19/2025

Committee Referrals

Business, Labor and Economic Affairs3/19/2025
Business & Labor2/26/2025

Full Bill Text

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