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House approves charitable prescription‑drug recycling bill after safety questions
Summary
The House passed second substitute HB 236 to permit unopened, unused prescription drugs to be redistributed through eligible pharmacies and charitable clinics to medically indigent patients, with pharmacy oversight and exclusions for controlled substances.
The Utah House on Feb. 19 approved second substitute HB 236, a program authorizing certain unopened, unused prescription drugs to be redistributed to medically indigent individuals through county health departments, charitable clinics and eligible pharmacies.
Representative For, the bill sponsor, said the program limits redistribution to unopened and…
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