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CHAPTER 23
HB 1167 – FINAL VERSION
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2008 SESSION
01/10
HOUSE BILL 1167
AN ACT relative to substituting generically equivalent drug products.
SPONSORS: Rep. Wendelboe, Belk 1
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
This bill clarifies the law regarding the substitution of generically equivalent drug products.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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08-2304
01/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to substituting generically equivalent drug products.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
23:1 Pharmacies; Substituting Generic Drugs. Amend RSA 318:47-d to read as follows:
318:47-d Pharmacies; Substituting Generic Drugs. Pharmacies, including mail-order pharmacies, may substitute generically equivalent drug products for all legend and non-legend prescriptions unless the prescribing practitioner [specifies] handwrites “medically necessary” on each paper prescription, or uses electronic indications when transmitted electronically, or gives instructions when transmitted orally that the brand name drug product is medically necessary.
23:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 12, 2008
Effective Date: July 11, 2008