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Committee backs bill letting pharmacists administer long‑acting addiction treatments; vote 16‑0
Summary
The House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee recommended Ought to Pass for Senate Bill 250, a bill that would allow pharmacists to administer controlled medications (including long‑acting injectables for opioid use disorder) under collaborative practice agreements and to receive reimbursement for administration.
The House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee voted in executive session to report Senate Bill 250 Ought to Pass. The bill would authorize pharmacists to administer controlled medications when done under a collaborative practice agreement with a prescribing provider and would allow pharmacists to bill Medicaid or other payers for the administration service.
Sen. David Roche, the prime sponsor, said the bill does not give pharmacists prescribing authority; it only allows…
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