Tennessee House Bill 542 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 30 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-04-30 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 276
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As enacted, requires a pharmacist to make every reasonable effort to prevent the abuse of drugs which the pharmacist dispenses; makes it a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by fine only, for the owner, manager or operator of a pharmacy to knowingly restrict or interfere with, or knowingly require a protocol or procedure that restricts or interferes with, a pharmacist's professional duty to counsel with patients and to evaluate the patients' appropriate pharmaceutical needs and the exercise of the pharmacist's professional judgment as to whether it is appropriate to dispense a legend drug to a patient. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 56; Title 63, Chapter 1; Title 63, Chapter 10; Title 67 and Title 68.

As enacted, requires a pharmacist to make every reasonable effort to prevent the abuse of drugs which the pharmacist dispenses; makes it a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by fine only, for the owner, manager or operator of a pharmacy to knowingly restrict or interfere with, or knowingly require a protocol or procedure that restricts or interferes with, a pharmacist's professional duty to counsel with patients and to evaluate the patients' appropriate pharmaceutical needs and the exercise of the pharmacist's professional judgment as to whether it is appropriate to dispense a legend drug to a patient. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4; Title 53, Chapter 10; Title 56; Title 63, Chapter 1; Title 63, Chapter 10; Title 67 and Title 68.

Rep. David Shepard [D]

Sen. Randy McNally [R]

2013-04-10 - House - (VOICE VOTE) CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage - refer to: House Regular Calendar 1 (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-04-09 - House - (VOICE VOTE) FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage - refer to: Calendar & Rules Committee (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-04-03 - House - (VOICE VOTE) FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Recommended for passage - refer to: Finance, Ways & Means Committee (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-03-27 - House - (VOICE VOTE) HEALTH COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage w/amendments- refer to: Finance, Ways & Means Committee (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-03-19 - House - (VOICE VOTE) HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Recommended for passage w/amendments- refer to: Health Committee (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-30	House	Comp. became Pub. Ch. 276
2013-04-11	House	Comp. SB subst.
2013-04-10	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2013
2013-04-09	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2013
2013-04-09	House	Rec. For Pass. ref. to: Calendar & Rules Committee
2013-04-03	House	Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2013
2013-04-03	House	Rec. For Pass. by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee
2013-03-27	House	Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2013
2013-03-27	House	Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee
2013-03-27	House	Rec. for Pass. if Am. ref. to: Finance, Ways & Means Committee
2013-03-20	House	Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/27/2013
2013-03-19	House	Rec. for pass. if am. by s/c ref. to Health Committee
2013-03-13	House	Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/19/2013
2013-03-12	House	Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/19/2013
2013-03-06	House	Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/12/2013
2013-02-06	House	Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
2013-02-06	House	P2C, ref. to Health Committee
2013-02-04	House	Intro., P1C.
2013-01-31	House	Filed for intro.

SB0962 (Crossfiled) 2013-04-30 - Pub. Ch. 276

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0542&ga=108
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/108/Bill/HB0542.pdf
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/BillVotesArchive.aspx?ChamberVoting=H&BillNumber=HB0542&ga=108