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Committee advances pharmacy modernization bill that removes technician plan requirement
Summary
House Bill 794 would modernize Montana pharmacy laws: it revises technician definitions, eliminates an old technician‑utilization plan and fee, clarifies authority on biosimilar substitution notices and updates terms for out‑of‑state mail order pharmacies. The Board of Pharmacy and multiple pharmacy stakeholders supported the changes.
Helena — The House Business and Labor Committee voted to advance a broadly negotiated bill to modernize pharmacy law that updates definitions and removes an obsolete technician‑utilization plan.
Representative Curtis Schomer sponsored House Bill 794, which Board of Pharmacy staff and industry stakeholders described as a collaborative cleanup effort. Marcy Bough, executive officer for the Board of Pharmacy, summarized the bill: it revises the definition of “pharmacy technician” to allow performance of delegated tasks that do not require independent professional judgment; repeals the technician…
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