Indiana Senate Bill 488 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-13 - First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
Pending: Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that a pharmacist may not be required to dispense or sell a drug or medical device if the drug or medical device would be used to: (1) cause an abortion; or (2) cause the death of a person by means of assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing. Specifies certain actions that a pharmacist must take when refusing to dispense a drug or medical device. States that a pharmacy must have a policy in place to dispense or sell a drug or medical device that a pharmacist refuses to dispense or sell. Specifies that a pharmacist's refusal to dispense or sell a drug or medical device may not be the basis for: (1) a claim of damages against the pharmacist or pharmacy; and (2) disciplinary action against the pharmacist. Provides that a pharmacist has a cause of action against an employer who knowingly or intentionally takes disciplinary, recriminatory, or discriminatory action against a pharmacist who refuses to dispense or sell a drug or medical device and specifies recovery. Authorizes the Indiana board of pharmacy to assess additional fines against the employer.

Dispensing of drugs by pharmacists.

Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]

Sen. Brent Steele [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-13		First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2011-01-13		Authored by Senators Steele and Kruse

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0488
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN0488.1.html