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Committee approves bill letting facilities send single‑use, non‑controlled meds home with patients

Utah State Legislature — Senate Health and Human Services Committee · February 19, 2026

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Summary

HB97 allows facilities to send single‑use, non‑controlled medications such as ointments and eye drops home with patients, intended to reduce waste and improve continuity of care. The Utah Academy of Family Physicians and other clinical witnesses supported the change.

Representative Bonger presented HB97 as a straightforward measure that would permit medical facilities to send a single‑use, non‑controlled medication—such as ointments or eye drops—home with a patient after use in the facility. The sponsor said the change reduces waste and patient cost and supports continuity of care.

Mary Ann Martin of the Utah Academy of Family Physicians urged support, describing the common scenario in which patients pay for expensive small‑quantity supplies and then discard partially used medications; she said allowing those items to go home can support follow‑up care.

The committee voted to forward the second substitute of HB97 favorably to the Senate.