05/17/2023 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

                 SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE                                                                                       
                       May 17, 2023                                                                                             
                        11:21 a.m.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
11:21:39 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Olson called the Senate Finance Committee meeting                                                                      
to order at 11:21 a.m.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Donny Olson, Co-Chair                                                                                                   
Senator Bert Stedman, Co-Chair                                                                                                  
Senator Click Bishop                                                                                                            
Senator Jesse Kiehl                                                                                                             
Senator Kelly Merrick                                                                                                           
Senator David Wilson                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Lyman Hoffman, Co-Chair                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
ALSO PRESENT                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative Justin Ruffridge, Sponsor; Ken Alper, Staff,                                                                     
Senator Donny Olson.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 112(L&C)am                                                                                                                 
     PROFESSION OF PHARMACY                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     CSHB 112(L and C)am was  REPORTED out of committee with                                                                    
     three    "do   pass"    recommendations,   three    "no                                                                    
     recommendation"   recommendations",    and   with   one                                                                    
     previously published fiscal note: FN 2(CED).                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 112(L&C) am                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to the  Board of Pharmacy; relating to                                                                    
     the  practice  of  pharmacy;  relating  to  pharmacies;                                                                    
     relating to  prescription drug  manufacturers; relating                                                                    
     to licensing and  registration requirements for certain                                                                    
     wholesale drug distributors; relating to prescriptions                                                                     
     for epinephrine; relating to the administration of                                                                         
    epinephrine; and providing for an effective date."                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
11:22:16 AM                                                                                                                   
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
11:23:27 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JUSTIN  RUFFRIDGE, SPONSOR,  introduced  the                                                                    
legislation. He explained  that the bill was  the exact copy                                                                    
of  SB 94.  He stated  that it  was important  to align  the                                                                    
statutes and  regulations with federal  laws related  to the                                                                    
Drug Chain  and Securities Supply  Act, which would  go into                                                                    
effect on  November 7, 2023.  He stated that the  intent was                                                                    
to  secure  the  drug  chain  for  the  maintenance  of  the                                                                    
security of medications.  He noted that there  were a number                                                                    
of  other issues  within the  bill, as  it was  a multi-year                                                                    
effort to draft the legislation  to align the regulations to                                                                    
the modern pharmacy practices.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
11:25:49 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Olson  recalled a  staffer  who  died from  a  bee                                                                    
sting, because  there was  not immediate  access to  an epi-                                                                    
pen.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Senator Kiehl wondered whether the  bill matched the current                                                                    
changes in the Senate version of the bill.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Ruffridge replied in the affirmative.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
KEN  ALPER,  STAFF,  SENATOR  DONNY  OLSON,  reiterated  the                                                                    
history of  the legislation  within the committee.  He noted                                                                    
that the  fiscal note had  a small general fund  amount, but                                                                    
was dependent on the final budget process.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Olson  wondered how the  bill would make  the state                                                                    
incompliance with the current federal requirements.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Ruffridge  replied   that  the  Drug  Chain,                                                                    
Security, and  Supply Act  was passed  in 2013  into federal                                                                    
law. The  act gave states  ten years to get  into compliance                                                                    
with that law. He noted  that it was sweeping legislation in                                                                    
regards to  how drug products  were sent to  wholesalers and                                                                    
how  those drugs  were delivered  to  pharmacies. He  stated                                                                    
that the  bill required additional oversight  to ensure that                                                                    
those regulations were met.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Kiehl  MOVED  to  REPORT  CSHB  112(L&C)am  out  of                                                                    
committee  with  individual   recommendations  and  attached                                                                    
fiscal  impact note.  There being  NO OBJECTION,  it was  so                                                                    
ordered.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
11:29:33 AM                                                                                                                   
RECESSED                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
[This meeting was adjourned at 6:23 p.m.]                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
7:03:59 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The meeting was adjourned at 6:23 p.m.