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Roundtable Rx seeks $900,000 a year to expand Minnesota medication repository and dispensing services
Summary
Roundtable Rx, Minnesota’s medication repository program, asked the committee for continued funding and minor statutory clarifications to allow buying small quantities to fill gaps and to permit safe disposal by local repository partners; committee laid the bill over for possible omnibus inclusion.
Representative Hemmingson Yeager presented House File 11 03 to provide ongoing funding and statutory clarifications for Roundtable Rx, the statewide medication repository program. The sponsor requested $900,000 per year for operations, pharmacy staffing and distribution expansions including planned mail order services.
Dr. Rowan Mann, representing Roundtable Rx, described the program’s growth since its 2020 start and said donated medications have been redistributed to hundreds of Minnesotans: "Since its…
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