Bill Text: IN HB1463 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Study of pharmacy take-back programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health [HB1463 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1463-Introduced.html
Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1463
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: Noncode.
Synopsis: Study of pharmacy take-back programs. Requires the health
finance commission to study issues concerning pharmacy programs
designed to take back and dispose of old and expired prescription
drugs.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
Davisson
January 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
Introduced
First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1463
A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: ; (13)IN1463.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013] (a) As used in this
SECTION, "commission" refers to the health finance commission
established by IC 2-5-23-3.
(b) The commission shall, during the 2013 legislative interim, study issues concerning pharmacy programs designed to take back and dispose of old and expired prescription drugs. The commission shall examine existing obstacles that pharmacies encounter in operating a prescription drug take-back program and recommend solutions that would allow consumers to dispose of old and expired prescription drugs at local pharmacies without difficulty.
(c) This SECTION expires December 31, 2013.
(b) The commission shall, during the 2013 legislative interim, study issues concerning pharmacy programs designed to take back and dispose of old and expired prescription drugs. The commission shall examine existing obstacles that pharmacies encounter in operating a prescription drug take-back program and recommend solutions that would allow consumers to dispose of old and expired prescription drugs at local pharmacies without difficulty.
(c) This SECTION expires December 31, 2013.
