HB 831 – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 831
AN ACT relative to notification by pharmacies to consumers when prescriptions need to be renewed.
SPONSORS: Rep. Wells, Rock 8; Rep. Pilliod, Belk 5; Rep. Guthrie, Rock 8
This bill requires pharmacies to notify consumers when their prescriptions will need to be renewed before they may be refilled.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0143
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to notification by pharmacies to consumers when prescriptions need to be renewed.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Notification to Consumers When Prescription Must be Renewed. Amend RSA 318 by inserting after section 47-g the following new section:
318:47-h Notification to Consumers When Prescription Must be Renewed. The pharmacist-in-charge of a pharmacy, or his or her designee, shall notify a consumer when the consumer’s prescription will need to be renewed before the prescription may be refilled.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.