Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes certain contraceptive products to be dispensed without a prescription.

Signed by Governor Doug Ducey

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that authorizes certain contraceptive products to be dispensed without a prescription.

Highlights:

• Authorizes a pharmacist to dispense self-administered contraceptives to a patient at least 18 years of age (Sec. 1A).

• Authorizes a licensed contraceptive prescriber to issue a standing prescription drug order which allows the dispensing of self-administered contraceptives (Sec. 1B).

• Requires the board associated with the Department of Health Services to adopt rules to establish standard procedures for pharmacists to dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives (Sec. 1C).

• Requires pharmacists under the standard procedures to do the following (Sec. 1C):

• Obtain a completed self-screening risk assessment from each patient before dispensing the self-administered hormonal contraceptive; and

• Provide the patient with information about the contraceptive.

• Prohibits a pharmacist or prescriber acting reasonably and in good faith from being charged with civil damages (Sec. 1D).

• Specifies that all state and federal laws governing insurance coverage of contraceptive products apply to self-administered hormonal contraceptives (Sec. 1E).

• Exempts a valid, patient-specific prescription for hormonal contraception issued by an authorized prescriber from this section (Sec. 1F).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes certain contraceptive products to be dispensed without a prescription.

Highlights:

• Authorizes a pharmacist to dispense self-administered contraceptives to a patient at least 18 years of age (Sec. 1A).

• Authorizes a licensed contraceptive prescriber to issue a standing prescription drug order which allows the dispensing of self-administered contraceptives (Sec. 1B).

• Requires the board associated with the Department of Health Services to adopt rules to establish standard procedures for pharmacists to dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives (Sec. 1C).

• Requires pharmacists under the standard procedures to do the following (Sec. 1C):

• Obtain a completed self-screening risk assessment from each patient before dispensing the self-administered hormonal contraceptive; and

• Provide the patient with information about the contraceptive.

• Prohibits a pharmacist or prescriber acting reasonably and in good faith from being charged with civil damages (Sec. 1D).

• Specifies that all state and federal laws governing insurance coverage of contraceptive products apply to self-administered hormonal contraceptives (Sec. 1E).

• Exempts a valid, patient-specific prescription for hormonal contraception issued by an authorized prescriber from this section (Sec. 1F).

Full Bill Text