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Committee hears bill to let clinic staff hand medications to patients in direct primary care practices
Summary
Senator Tom McIlvray told the committee Senate Bill 456 would fix a drafting error in Montana’s 2021 direct primary care law so that clinic staff — not only the prescribing practitioner — may hand sealed, labeled medications to patients after identity verification.
Senator Tom McIlvray introduced Senate Bill 456 to the committee as "a really pretty simple bill" aimed at fixing a drafting glitch in Montana’s direct primary care law passed in 2021. McIlvray said the 2021 law allowed physicians, physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners in direct primary care settings to dispense medications but, as written, required the practitioner personally to hand the medication to the patient. SB 456 would permit the practitioner’s staff to convey sealed medication packages…
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