Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-04-30 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 276 [HB0542 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	(VOICE VOTE) CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage - refer to: House Regular Calendar 1	2013-04-10	0	0	0	0	0	Failed	Link	View
House	(VOICE VOTE) FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage - refer to: Calendar & Rules Committee	2013-04-09	0	0	0	0	0	Failed	Link	View
House	(VOICE VOTE) FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Recommended for passage - refer to: Finance, Ways & Means Committee	2013-04-03	0	0	0	0	0	Failed	Link	View
House	(VOICE VOTE) HEALTH COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage w/amendments- refer to: Finance, Ways & Means Committee	2013-03-27	0	0	0	0	0	Failed	Link	View
House	(VOICE VOTE) HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Recommended for passage w/amendments- refer to: Health Committee	2013-03-19	0	0	0	0	0	Failed	Link	View

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