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Committee OKs bill letting pharmacists test and treat flu, expands limited physician dispensing
Summary
The committee passed HB 1373 to allow pharmacists to test and treat certain acute conditions (influenza and strep) under statewide protocols, permit same-class substitution by default, and to expand physician dispensing for short-term acute and maintenance medicines; sponsors said pharmacies and medical society supported the compromise language.
Representative Lee Johnson, sponsor of HB 1373, said the bill removes operational barriers to care by expanding pharmacists' authority to test and treat common acute illnesses and permitting same-class substitution by default unless a physician forbids it. "It expands the scope for pharmacists to allow them to treat certain…
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