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Committee amends and approves bill clarifying liability and language on off-label prescriptions
Summary
House Bill 164, addressing the use of off-label prescriptions, was discussed, amended (deletions including a severability clause), and approved by roll-call in committee. The sponsor clarified the bill does not shield malpractice and outlined how the bill would affect prescriptions that can cause abortion.
Members of the Labor, Health & Social Services Committee discussed and amended House Bill 164, which concerns medical prescription uses for off-label purposes. Representative Gary Brown, the sponsor, addressed concerns about liability and abortion-related exemptions before the committee debated and adopted two amendments and approved the bill on a roll-call vote.
Representative Brown told the committee the bill does not exempt physicians from malpractice liability. “If a doctor using off-label prescriptions were to…
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