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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2263 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2133 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Christine P. Barber and Lindsay N. Sabadosa |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to hormonal contraceptives. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex1/19/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/19/2023Rebecca L. RauschNorfolk, Worcester and Middlesex1/23/2023Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/25/2023Jack Patrick Lewis7th Middlesex1/25/2023James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol1/27/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/1/2023Andres X. Vargas3rd Essex2/2/2023Jennifer Balinsky Armini8th Essex2/4/2023Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/23/2023Steven Owens29th Middlesex2/23/2023David Paul Linsky5th Middlesex2/24/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/24/2023Steven Ultrino33rd Middlesex2/24/2023Tram T. Nguyen18th Essex2/27/2023Simon Cataldo14th Middlesex2/27/2023Manny Cruz7th Essex3/14/2023Kevin G. Honan17th Suffolk3/14/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2263 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2133 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Barber of Somerville and Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied |
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| 19 | 19 | | by bill, House, No. 2133) of Christine P. Barber, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and others relative to |
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| 20 | 20 | | hormonal contraceptives. Public Health. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to hormonal contraceptives. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 94C, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2by inserting, after section 19D, the following section:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 Section 19E. A registered pharmacist may prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptive |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4patches and self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives to any person, regardless of whether |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5the person has evidence of a previous prescription from a primary care practitioner or women’s |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6health care practitioner for a hormonal contraceptive patch or self-administered oral hormonal |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7contraceptive. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 The board shall adopt rules to establish, in consultation with the Massachusetts Medical |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9Board, the Massachusetts State Board of Nursing and MassHealth, and in consideration of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10guidelines established by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, standard |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11procedures for the prescribing of hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12hormonal contraceptives by pharmacists. The rules adopted under this subsection must require a |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13pharmacist to: |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 (a) Complete a training program approved by the State Board of Pharmacy that is related |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15to prescribing hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral hormonal |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16contraceptives; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17 (b) Provide a self-screening risk assessment tool that the patient must use prior to the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18pharmacist’s prescribing the hormonal contraceptive patch or self-administered oral hormonal |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19contraceptive; |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20 (c) Refer the patient to the patient’s primary care practitioner or women’s health care |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21practitioner upon prescribing and dispensing the hormonal contraceptive patch or self- |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22administered oral hormonal contraceptive; |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23 (d) Provide the patient with a written record of the hormonal contraceptive patch or self- |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24administered oral hormonal contraceptive prescribed and dispensed and advise the patient to |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25consult with a primary care practitioner or women’s health care practitioner; and |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26 (e) Dispense the hormonal contraceptive patch or self-administered oral hormonal |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27contraceptive to the patient as soon as practicable after the pharmacist issues the prescription. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28 The rules adopted must prohibit a pharmacist from requiring a patient to schedule an |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29appointment with the pharmacist for the prescribing or dispensing of a hormonal contraceptive |
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| 58 | 58 | | 30patch or self-administered oral hormonal contraceptive. |
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