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Amendment to expand pharmacist prescribing authority rejected after floor debate; bill advances
Summary
The West Virginia Senate debated a committee substitute for Senate Bill 526, the pharmacist prescribing authority act, and rejected a floor amendment that would have substantially rewritten the bill.
The West Virginia Senate debated a committee substitute for Senate Bill 526, the pharmacist prescribing authority act, with extended floor discussion about the scope of tests pharmacists may use, emergency dispensing and communication requirements with primary care providers.
Senators described competing goals: expanding timely access to basic diagnostics and treatments at pharmacies, and ensuring safeguards for patient safety and continuity of care.
The senior senator from the seventeenth introduced a strike-and-insert amendment intended to clarify the bill27s language on testing, diagnosis and notification requirements. She said the amendment would "authorize pharmacist to…
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