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HB 693

EnactedEmergency billCrossfile SB 647
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State Board of Pharmacy - Board Membership, Delegated Pharmacy Acts, and Sunset Extension

Sponsor: Nicholaus R. Kipke (District 31)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Health OccupationsStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 218 (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the membership of the State Board of Pharmacy to include a registered pharmacy technician; authorizing a licensed pharmacist, under certain circumstances, to delegate the entry of certain data into databases or patient charts to be performed at a remote location to a registered pharmacy technician and a registered pharmacy intern; prohibiting registered pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees from making decisions requiring the professional judgment of a pharmacist; etc.

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Testimony (22)

MGA witness list
FAV 18FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVLove, AllenAlbertsons incOral
FAVMillan, MayrimBayview Medical CenterOral
FAVReed, JwyanzaBoard of PharmacyOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHeffner, KevinLifeSpan Network/CEOWritten (PDF)
FAVMorgan, KevinMaryland Board of PharmacyOral
FAVHorton, AliyahlobbyistMaryland Pharmacists AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPrice, SarahlobbyistMaryland Retailers AssociationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBazemore, GinaMaryland Society of Health System PharmacistsWritten (PDF)
FAVEdmond Tefera, NephthaleeMedStar HealthOral + Written (PDF)
FAVGilleland, EmilyOffice of Delegate Nic KipkeWritten (PDF)
FAVPatel, AkashRite AidOral
FAV(MD), State of MarylandIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Kipke, Delegate KipkelegislatorIndividualOral
FAVElliott, RobynlobbyistIndividualPosition only
FAVKline, KellyIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
FAVLowery, JannelleIndividualOral
FAVRobinson, DaphanieIndividualOral
UNFDuffy, SuzanneConcerned CitizenPosition only
UNFMaryland Chesapeake Chapter, National Association of Pediatric Nurse PractitionNational Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners- MD Chesapeake ChapterPosition only
UNFKasemeyer, PamIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAForsyth, HeatherOAG/HEAUWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVHorton, AliyahMaryland Pharmacists AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Pharmacists Association
FAVPrice, SarahMaryland Retailers AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Retailers Alliance; Maryland Retailers Association
FAVElliott, RobynRegistered for: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists; Amica Center for Immigrant Rights; CareForth; Chase Brexton Health System; Coordinating Center, The; Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition