Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Drug Policy Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 1069
Prescription drugs; require pharmacists to dispense to patients unless certain circumstances exist.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-21-115, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE PHARMACISTS TO DISPENSE A PRESCRIPTION DRUG TO A PATIENT FOR WHOM THE PRESCRIPTION IS WRITTEN UNLESS CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE SHALL NOT PROHIBIT PHYSICIANS FROM PRESCRIBING ANY DRUG OR MEDICINE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA); TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF NURSING SHALL NOT PROHIBIT ADVANCE PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES FROM PRESCRIBING ANY DRUG OR MEDICINE THAT THE NURSE IS AUTHORIZED TO PRESCRIBE UNDER THE TERMS OF THE COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NURSE AND A PHYSICIAN IF THAT DRUG OR MEDICINE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE FDA; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to March 5, 2024, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Mar 5 · stopped26 days
Drug PolicyFeb 8 to Mar 5 · stopped26 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Mar 5
- Feb 8Referred to the House committees on Drug Policy and on Public Health and Human Services
- Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To Drug Policy;Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives