HB 1702 - DIGEST

     Directs the department to establish a trial prescription program to increase compliance and reduce costs.  The program shall provide for informing prescribing practitioners and pharmacists of the parameters of the trial prescription program and direct that prescribing practitioners and pharmacists collaborate in implementing the program.  The program shall include an exception provision in the event that returning for the balance of the prescription would impose an undue hardship on a patient.

     Directs the department in consultation with the department's drug utilization review committee to determine the drugs to be included in the program.