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Senate approves pharmacy access to contraceptives after heated fight over corn-masa folic‑acid mandate
Summary
The Senate passed House Bill 1138 to let pharmacists dispense self‑administered contraceptives and require insurer coverage after a floor fight that stripped a separate requirement to fortify corn‑masa flour with folic acid.
The Georgia Senate on its final day passed House Bill 1138, a measure that allows pharmacists to dispense certain self‑administered hormonal contraceptives and to administer injectable contraceptives under a state protocol, and requires insurers to cover defined supplies. Sponsors said the bill will expand access in counties with few obstetrician‑gynecologists and reduce barriers to preventive care.
Senator Watson, who carried the bill for the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, said pharmacists would only provide contraception under a formal protocol between the state health department and the Georgia Composite Medical Board, would complete…
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