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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2263 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2133
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Christine P. Barber and Lindsay N. Sabadosa
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to hormonal contraceptives.
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PETITION OF:
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
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2263 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2133
By Representatives Barber of Somerville and Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied
by bill, House, No. 2133) of Christine P. Barber, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and others relative to
hormonal contraceptives. Public Health.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to hormonal contraceptives.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Chapter 94C, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended
2by inserting, after section 19D, the following section:-
3 Section 19E. A registered pharmacist may prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptive
4patches and self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives to any person, regardless of whether
5the person has evidence of a previous prescription from a primary care practitioner or women’s
6health care practitioner for a hormonal contraceptive patch or self-administered oral hormonal
7contraceptive.
8 The board shall adopt rules to establish, in consultation with the Massachusetts Medical
9Board, the Massachusetts State Board of Nursing and MassHealth, and in consideration of
10guidelines established by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, standard
11procedures for the prescribing of hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral 2 of 2
12hormonal contraceptives by pharmacists. The rules adopted under this subsection must require a
13pharmacist to:
14 (a) Complete a training program approved by the State Board of Pharmacy that is related
15to prescribing hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral hormonal
16contraceptives;
17 (b) Provide a self-screening risk assessment tool that the patient must use prior to the
18pharmacist’s prescribing the hormonal contraceptive patch or self-administered oral hormonal
19contraceptive;
20 (c) Refer the patient to the patient’s primary care practitioner or women’s health care
21practitioner upon prescribing and dispensing the hormonal contraceptive patch or self-
22administered oral hormonal contraceptive;
23 (d) Provide the patient with a written record of the hormonal contraceptive patch or self-
24administered oral hormonal contraceptive prescribed and dispensed and advise the patient to
25consult with a primary care practitioner or women’s health care practitioner; and
26 (e) Dispense the hormonal contraceptive patch or self-administered oral hormonal
27contraceptive to the patient as soon as practicable after the pharmacist issues the prescription.
28 The rules adopted must prohibit a pharmacist from requiring a patient to schedule an
29appointment with the pharmacist for the prescribing or dispensing of a hormonal contraceptive
30patch or self-administered oral hormonal contraceptive.