CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6526
Chapter 264, Laws of 2020
66TH LEGISLATURE
2020 REGULAR SESSION
PRESCRIPTION DRUG REUSE AND DONATION
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 2020
Passed by the Senate February 14, 2020
  Yeas 47  Nays 0
CYRUS HABIB
President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 3, 2020
  Yeas 96  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6526 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
BRAD HENDRICKSON
Secretary
Secretary
Approved March 31, 2020 11:26 AM
FILED
March 31, 2020
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6526
Passed Legislature - 2020 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2020 Regular Session
BySenate Health & Long Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Cleveland, Hasegawa, Keiser, Van De Wege, and Wilson, C.)
READ FIRST TIME 02/06/20.
AN ACT Relating to the reuse and donation of unexpired prescription drugs; adding a new section to chapter 18.64 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 69.70 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 18.64 RCW to read as follows:
The commission must adopt rules allowing the department of corrections pharmacy to accept returns of unit dose packages or full or partial multiple dose medication cards from the facilities it serves and reuse the unexpired medication.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 69.70 RCW to read as follows:
The pharmacy quality assurance commission may adopt rules to allow the safe donation of prescription drugs under this chapter including, but not limited to, allowing pharmacy to pharmacy donation of unexpired prescription drug stock.
Passed by the Senate February 14, 2020.
Passed by the House March 3, 2020.
Approved by the Governor March 31, 2020.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 31, 2020.
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