Referred to the House Health Care & Wellness Committee on January 10, 2018
Amendment offered by Rep. Melanie Stambaugh (Puyallup) (R) on February 9, 2018
Allows the department of health (department) to forgo establishing or operating the database if it determines that a statewide association of pharmacists or pharmacies is providing a substantially similar publicly available database. Changes the date the database must be established to move it back one year, so that the department is not required to establish the database until July 1, 2020, and pharmacies are not required to provide data to the department regarding the database until April 1, 2020. Requires the department to establish the database in consultation with pharmacists and pharmacies.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 9, 2018
Amendment offered by Rep. Melanie Stambaugh (Puyallup) (R) on February 9, 2018
Removes the requirement that pharmacies provide therapy information on pharmacists it employs that have collaborative drugagreements to prescribe vaccines or hormonal contraceptives
if the Department of Health determines a substantially similar
database is in operation and the Department forgoes establishing or
operating its on database. Removes the requirement that pharmacies
submit the information electronically..
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 9, 2018