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OK HB1344
Bill
Status
2/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Justin Humphrey
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AI Summary
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Authorizes prescribers to issue prescriptions for off-label drugs (FDA-approved for one condition but prescribed for another) with informed consent from patient, parent/guardian, or health care power of attorney holder.
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Permits pharmacists and hospitals/inpatient facilities to dispense off-label drugs unless they have moral, ethical, or religious objections, or documented life-threatening allergies or contraindications exist.
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Provides immunity from administrative and civil liability for pharmacists, hospitals, and inpatient facilities that dispense off-label drugs in good faith and document their objective scientific basis for objections.
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Allows outpatient physicians to apply for temporary privileges (approval within 5 days) at hospitals/inpatient facilities to prescribe off-label drugs for critically ill patients; permits patient-owned drugs to be brought into facilities and administered by alternative prescribers if in-house providers decline.
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Prohibits health-related licensing boards from disciplining prescribers or pharmacists for actions under this law except for recklessness or gross negligence, and bars the World Health Organization from having jurisdiction over off-label prescribing in Oklahoma; effective November 1, 2025.
Legislative Description
Prescriptions for off-label medications; terms; moral, ethical, or religious exemptions; immunity from liability; good- faith effort; temporary privileges; at-home and outpatient dispensing; disciplinary action; exceptions; World Health Organization; effective date.
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Rules
2/4/2025