Mississippi House Bill 976 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 73-21-73, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms "biological Product" And "interchangeable Biological Product" And Revise The Definition Of The Term "product Selection" For The Purposes Of The Pharmacy Practice Act; To Amend Section 73-21-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Product Selection Of Interchangeable Biological Products By Pharmacists In The Same Manner As Product Selection Of Generic Drug Equivalents; To Require Pharmacists To Make Certain Electronically Accessible Records Of Biological Products Dispensed By Them And Convey That Information To The Prescribers Of Those Products; To Amend Section 73-21-119, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That The Labels For Biological Products And Interchangeable Biological Products Contain Certain Information; To Amend Section 73-21-127, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

Interchangeable biological products; allow pharmacists to make product selection of in same manner as generic drugs.

Rep. Sam Mims [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0976.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0976IN.htm