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House panel hears bill to let patients take home prescribed eye drops and ointments
Summary
Representative Lynn Steckloff introduced House Bill 4072 to the House Health Policy Committee, saying the bill would allow hospitals, emergency departments and outpatient surgery centers to permit patients to take home topical eye medications they received during care.
Representative Lynn Steckloff introduced House Bill 4072 to the House Health Policy Committee, saying the bill would allow hospitals, emergency departments and outpatient surgery centers to permit patients to take home topical eye medications — such as antibiotic, dilating and anti-inflammatory eye drops — that were opened and used for that patient during care.
"So it's time for Michigan law to evolve to meet the practical needs of our residents," Representative Steckloff told the committee, citing a constituent ophthalmologist who described the practice while training in Illinois.
Dr. Scott Westhouse, a retina specialist speaking on behalf of the Michigan Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, told the committee the bill would…
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