Indiana Senate Bill 312 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
Pending: Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Mandatory electronic prescriptions. Requires dentists, physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, optometrists, physician assistants, and podiatrists to issue a prescription in an electronic format and by electronic transmission after June 30, 2019. Provides exceptions to issuing an electronically transmitted prescription. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy to adopt rules concerning electronically transmitted prescriptions. Provides that dentists, physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, optometrists, physician assistants, and podiatrists are subject to disciplinary action for violating these provisions. Makes conforming changes.

Mandatory electronic prescriptions. Requires dentists, physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, optometrists, physician assistants, and podiatrists to issue a prescription in an electronic format and by electronic transmission after June 30, 2019. Provides exceptions to issuing an electronically transmitted prescription. Requires the Indiana board of pharmacy to adopt rules concerning electronically transmitted prescriptions. Provides that dentists, physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, optometrists, physician assistants, and podiatrists are subject to disciplinary action for violating these provisions. Makes conforming changes.

Sen. James Merritt [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-07	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2019-01-07	Senate	Authored by Senator Merritt

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/312/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/6/a/a/46aaca72/SB0312.01.INTR.pdf