CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 2251
Chapter 21, Laws of 2020
66TH LEGISLATURE
2020 REGULAR SESSION
DISPENSING OF INTERCHANGEABLE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT--NOTICE TO PRACTITIONER--EXPIRATION DATE
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 2020
Passed by the House February 19, 2020 Yeas 98 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 3, 2020 Yeas 49 Nays 0 CYRUS HABIB
President of the Senate | CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2251 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk Chief Clerk |
Approved March 18, 2020 10:24 AM | FILED March 18, 2020 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
HOUSE BILL 2251
Passed Legislature - 2020 Regular Session
State of Washington | 66th Legislature | 2020 Regular Session |
ByRepresentatives Thai and Cody
Prefiled 12/19/19.Read first time 01/13/20.Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.
AN ACT Relating to the expiration date for notification of dispensing an interchangeable biological product; amending RCW
69.41.193; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW
69.41.193 and 2015 c 242 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Within five business days following the dispensing of a biological product, the dispensing pharmacist or the pharmacist's designee must make an entry of the specific product provided to the patient, including either the name of the product and the manufacturer or the federal food and drug administration's national drug code, provided that the name of the product and the name of the manufacturer are accessible to a practitioner in an electronic records system that can be electronically accessed by the patient's practitioner through:
(a) An interoperable electronic medical records system;
(b) An electronic prescribing technology;
(c) A pharmacy benefit management system; or
(d) A pharmacy record.
(2) Entry into an electronic records system, as described in subsection (1) of this section, is presumed to provide notice to the practitioner. Otherwise, the pharmacist must communicate to the practitioner the specific product provided to the patient, including the name of the product and manufacturer, using facsimile, telephone, electronic transmission, or other prevailing means.
(3) No entry or communication pursuant to this section is required if:
(a) There is no interchangeable biological product for the product prescribed;
(b) A refill prescription is not changed from the product dispensed on the prior filling of the prescription; or
(c) The pharmacist or the pharmacist's designee and the practitioner communicated before dispensing and the communication included confirmation of the specific product to be provided to the patient, including the name of the product and the manufacturer.
(4) This section expires August 1, ((2020))2025.
Passed by the House February 19, 2020.
Passed by the Senate March 3, 2020.
Approved by the Governor March 18, 2020.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 18, 2020.
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