Bill Text - HB111 (2011)

Relative to redispensing unused drugs.


Revision: April 15, 2011, midnight

HB 111 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

2011 SESSION

11-0260

01/09

HOUSE BILL 111

AN ACT relative to redispensing unused drugs.

SPONSORS: Rep. S. Keans, Straf 1; Rep. Case, Rock 1; Rep. Millham, Belk 5; Rep. Schlachman, Rock 13

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill adds manufacturer’s samples to the donation program for unused prescription drugs. This bill also grants the New Hampshire pharmacy board rulemaking authority regarding other persons and entities allowed to donate to the program.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0260

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to redispensing unused drugs.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Unused Prescription Drug Program. Amend RSA 318:58, IV(a) to read as follows:

(a) Unused prescription drugs, including manufacturer’s samples, that have not reached their expiration date, are contained in unopened unit dose or other tamper-evident packaging, and show no evidence of contamination; and

2 New Paragraph; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 318:59 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. Further definition of persons and entities which may donate unused prescription drugs and medical devices.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.