House committee adds two seats to State Board of Pharmacy
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Summary
The House Professional Licensure Committee reported House Bill 980, adding two seats to the State Board of Pharmacy — one for a pharmacy technician and one for an institutional pharmacist — after adopting a technical amendment that removed a rotation requirement for the technician seat.
The House Professional Licensure Committee on Oct. 25 voted to report House Bill 980, which would add two seats to the State Board of Pharmacy: a pharmacy technician seat and an institutional pharmacist seat.
The measure was explained to the committee by a staff member, who said the bill “adds 2 seats to the State Board of Pharmacy, 1 for a pharmacy technician and a second for an institutional pharmacist.” Representative Venkat, a co-prime sponsor, said the bill reflects changes in pharmacy practice and “recognizes the critical role that health system and institutional pharmacists play in the delivery of patient care in our Commonwealth.”
A subsequent amendment (A004111) removed the requirement that the pharmacy technician appointee rotate between hospital, independent and chain pharmacies and clarified language on a board member’s inability to serve out a term. Committee members approved the amendment by voice vote; no negative votes were recorded on the amendment or on the bill as amended, and the committee reported the bill out.
Discussion recorded in the transcript was limited to the bill explanation and the amendment. The transcript identifies Representative Kuzma as a co-prime sponsor on the bill and shows Chairman Burns calling the bill up for consideration. No roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript for the final report of this bill.
The committee’s action sends the bill forward in the legislative process with the technician-rotation language removed and clarifying edits to board-member term language.
