H.B. 680 - Preventative Care Act Summary

• Requires health plan issuers to cover off-label drugs, products, or devices prescribed by physicians if the item is already covered under the patient's health benefit plan, without requiring new coverage or prohibiting cost-sharing.

• Allows pharmacists to dispense epinephrine autoinjectors and injectable or nasally administered glucagon pursuant to prescriptions, with liability protections for good faith dispensing.

• Permits pharmacists to dispense off-label drugs prescribed under physician authority if the drug is available, with liability protections for good faith dispensing.

• Expands physician authority to prescribe investigational and off-label drugs, products, or devices for eligible patients with terminal conditions or preventable contagion-related health conditions, contingent on informed written consent.

• Establishes liability protections for physicians, pharmacists, manufacturers, and distributors for actions related to off-label and investigational drug use, except in cases of willful or wanton misconduct; requires state medical board to create an informed consent form template.