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Committee approves bills expanding pharmacist vaccine authority and allowing trained techs to administer immunizations

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE · March 15, 2021
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Summary

The Public Health Committee advanced companion bills allowing pharmacists to prescribe or administer vaccines to younger patients (with conditions) and permitting trained pharmacy technicians to administer vaccines under pharmacist supervision; sponsors said language was negotiated with pediatricians.

Representative Justin Boyd presented two companion measures (HB11‑34 and HB11‑35) to expand pharmacists' authority to administer vaccines and to allow trained pharmacy technicians to administer immunizations under pharmacist supervision.

HB11‑34 would permit pharmacists to administer…

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