Indiana House Bill 1111 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 6 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-11 - Representative Welch added as coauthor
Pending: House Public Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Allows a physician to adopt a protocol that allows a pharmacist to adjust a patient's drug regimen in a setting other than a hospital. Requires a pharmacist to communicate with the admitting practitioner to receive approval to begin the protocol. (Current law requires communication only if a protocol involves parenteral nutrition of the patient.) Requires that when a pharmacist is practicing a protocol under physician authorization that: (1) the pharmacist must be under the direct supervision of the physician; and (2) the protocols must, at a minimum, require that the medical records of the patient are available to both the patient's physician and the pharmacist. Requires a physician to consult with a pharmacist during the implementation, revision, and renewal of a protocol.

Drug regimen protocols.

Rep. Steven Davisson [R]

Rep. Peggy Welch [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-11		Representative Welch added as coauthor
2011-01-06		First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2011-01-06		Authored by Representative Davisson

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1111
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN1111.1.html