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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3102 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1091 |
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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 |
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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 pharmacists as healthcare providers. |
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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 Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3102 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1091 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1091) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Christine P. Barber relative to pharmacists as healthcare providers. Financial Services. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 4066 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to pharmacists as healthcare providers. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 Chapter 94C, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2after section 19F, the following section:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 Section 19G. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a pharmacist |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4may order, test, screen, and treat the following health conditions: influenza, streptococcal |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5infections, COVID-19 or any other emerging and existing public health threats identified by the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6department if permitted by an order, rule, or regulation. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7 b) The department shall establish standard procedures for pharmacists to test, screen and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8initiate treatment for qualified health conditions. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 (c) A pharmacist who orders, tests, screens, or treats health conditions under this section |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10may use any test that may guide clinical decision making that is waived under the federal 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, or the federal rules adopted thereunder, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12or any established screening procedure that is established via a statewide protocol. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13 (d) A pharmacist may delegate the administrative and technical tasks of performing a test |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14waived by the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 to a pharmacy |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15technician acting under the supervision of the pharmacist. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16 (e) This section prohibits the denial of reimbursement under health benefit plans for |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17services and procedures performed by a pharmacist that are within the scope of the pharmacist’s |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18license and would be covered if the services or procedures were performed by a physician, an |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19advanced practice nurse, or physician's assistant. An insurance carrier or pharmacy benefit |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20manager shall develop adequate provider and consult codes as authorized by this act for |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21pharmacy compensation. |
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