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Alabama's U. S. Congressional Delegation:

Congressman Robert B. Aderholt
Congressman Spencer Bachus

Congressman Jo Bonner

Congressman Bobby Bright
Congressman Artur Davis
Congressman Parker Griffith, MD
Congressman Mike Rogers
Senator Jeff Sessions
Senator Richard C. Shelby

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2010 Bills Impacting Pharmacy

NUMBER	SPONSOR	SUBJECT	STATUS	COMMITTEE ASSIGNED	LINK TO BILL
HB41	Bentley	This bill would give health care providers, health care institutions, and health care payers the following: The authority to refuse to perform or to participate in health care services that violate their conscience; immunity from civil, criminal, or administrative liability for refusing to provide or participate in a health care service that violates their conscience; immunity from discrimination or disciplinary action including termination, transfer, refusal of staff privileges, shift reassignment, or wage or benefits reduction for declining to participate in a health care service that violates their conscience. Further, the bill would provide for injunctive relief and back pay for violation.	Pending Committee Action in House	Health	(Read full bill)
HB88	Gipson	This bill would exempt certain OTC meds from sales and use taxation.	Pending Committee Action in House	Education/ Appropriations	(Read full bill)
HB112	Buskey	This bill would exempt health industry joint purchasing organization contracts within or without the State of Alabama from the requirement of competitive bidding purchases by any hospital or campus medical facility operated by a state educational institution or an educational institution receiving state funds, including pharmacies and pharmacy clinics, vet clinics and hospitals, medical teaching clinics and health care clinics, and services operated for the state provided that opportunity is given minority-owned businesses.	Pending Committee Action in House	Government Operations	(Read full bill)
HB184	Gaston	This bill would include hearing aids within the definition of "drugs" for tax exemption purposes.	Pending Committee Action in House	Education/ Appropriations	(Read fullbill)
HB247	Johnson	This bill would allow members of the Controlled Substances Prescription Database Advisory Committee to meet by electronic means and designate proxy attendees for such meetings; to authorize out of state prescription monitoring programs to access Alabama's PDMP; and to allow the State Board of Health to use all funds collected pursuant to the controlled substances registration certificate to be used to operate the database.	Read Second Time in Second House	Health	(Read full bill)
HB264	Wren	This bill would replace the Model Energy Code with the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes, and require the board, as the sole authority, to adopt, amend, and revise the codes and to comply with federal energy and building guidelines.	Read Second Time in House	Commerce	(Read full bill)
HB304	Johnson	This bill would require a health insurance company or other health benefit plan to reimburse a health care provider for certain costs related to desk audits of health insurance claims when files and documentation concerning claims are required to be forwarded to the health insurance company for the convenience of the company.	Pending Committee Action in House	Health	(Read full bill)
HB358	Galliher	This bill would establish a cause of action for damages for the death of an individual against persons convicted of manufacturing, distributing, possessing, or selling certain controlled substances.	Passed by the House	Judiciary	(Read full bill)
HB413	Hammon	This bill would require the State Board of Health to classify ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine as Schedule III controlled substances which would allow them to be sold by prescription.	Pending Committee Action in House	Health	(Read full bill)
HB420	Mask	This bill would require pharmacy providers that distribute blood clotting products used at home to treat and prevent symptoms associated with bleeding disorders, including all forms of hemophilia, to meet certain specified conditions.	Pending Committee Action in House	Health	(Read full bill)
HB423	Page	This bill would allow legend drugs to be dispensed by prescription but not administered to patients at certain health care facilities to be donated and transferred to charitable clinics under certain conditions; to authorize the drugs to be transferred in the same manner to charitable pharmacies, as defined, to be dispensed to charitable patients; and to further authorize samples given to physicians to be donated and transferred to charitable clinics and charitable pharmacies.	Pending Committee Action in House	Health	(Read full bill)
HB453	Barton	This bill would define the term pharmacy services permit for the purposes of regulating and licensing pharmacies and pharmacists. Under this bill, pharmacy services shall not include any requirement for the receipt or inventory of any drugs, medicines, medical devices, chemicals, or poisons.	Pending Committee Action in House	Health	(Read full bill)
HB528	McDaniel	This bill would further regulate the sale of OTC products containing certain quantities of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine within certain periods of time. The bill would require retailers to verify that the purchaser of a product is not in violation of the law through an on-line electronic verification system which system would be operated by the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center without cost to the state or to retailers. The bill would provide penalties for violations and would revise the membership of the Alabama Methamphetamine Abuse Task Force.	Passed	Judiciary	(Read full bill)
HB571	Barton	Under existing law, certain terms are defined for purposes of regulating and licensing pharmacies and pharmacists. This bill would define the terms pharmacy and permit for such purpose.	Pending Committee Action in House	Health	(Read full bill)
HB587	Johnson	This bill would declare the profession of pharmacy a learned profession.	Pending Committee Action in House	Health	(Read full bill)
HB595	Johnson	This bill would specify that the profession of pharmacy includes consultation concerning prescription drugs prescribed for a patient.	Pending Committee Action in House	Health	(Read full bill)
HB640	Beasley	This bill would require a health benefit plan to apply the same coinsurance, copayment, deductible, and quantity limits within the same employer group and other plan-sponsored group to all drug prescriptions, prescriptions filled by a pharmacy provider who participates in the health benefit plan's network, would prohibit a quantity limitation unless uniformly applied, and prohibit a mandated drug change by a health benefit plan.	Pending Committee Action in House	Health	(Read full bill)
HB687	Johnson	Under existing law, pharmacies are required to have permits from the State Board of Pharmacy to operate. This bill would define the term hospital pharmacy services permit and would provide for687 issuance of the permits.	Read Second Time in House of Origin	Health	(Read full bill)
SB151	Dixon	This bill would allow members of the Controlled Substances Prescription Database Advisory Committee to meet by electronic means and designate proxy attendees for such meetings; to authorize out of state prescription monitoring programs to access Alabama's PDMP; and to allow the State Board of Health to use all funds collected pursuant to the controlled substances registration certificate to be used to operate the database.	Pending Committee Action in Second House	Governmental Affairs	(Read full bill)
SB281	Benefield	This bill would authorize licensed pharmacists to dispense yellow fever vaccine.	Pending Committee Action in Senate	Health	(Read full bill)
SB312	Glover	This bill would give health care providers, health care institutions, and health care payers the authority to refuse to perform or to participate in health care services that violate their conscience; immunity from civil, criminal, or administrative liability for refusing to provide or participate in a health care service that violates their conscience; immunity from discrimination or disciplinary action including termination, tranfer, refusal of staff privileges, shift reassignment, or wage or benefits reduction for declining to participate in a health care service that violates their conscience. Further the bill would provide for injunctive relief and back pay for violation.	Pending Committee Action in House of Origin	Health	(Read full bill)
SB322	Mitchell	This bill would give health care providers, health care institutions, and health care payers the authority to refuse to perform or to participate in health care services that violate their conscience; immunity from civil, criminal, or administrative liability for refusing to provide or participate in a health care service that violates their conscience; immunity from discrimination or disciplinary action including termination, tranfer, refusal of staff privileges, shift reassignment, or wage or benefits reduction for declining to participate in a health care service that violates their conscience. Further the bill would provide for injunctive relief and back pay for violation.	Pending Committee Action in Senate	Judiciary	(Read full bill)
SB345	Means	This bill would allow legend drugs to be dispensed by prescription but not administered to patients at certain health care facilities to be donated and transferred to charitable clinics under certain conditions; to authorize the drugs to be transferred in the same manner to charitable pharmacies, as defined, to be dispensed to charitable patients; and to further authorize samples given to physicians to be donated and transferred to charitable clinics and charitable pharmacies.	Pending Committee Action in Senate	Health	(Read full bill)
SB366	Beason	This bill would give health care providers, health care institutions, and health care payers the authority to refuse to perform or to participate in health care services that violate their conscience; immunity from civil, criminal, or administrative liability for refusing to provide or participate in a health care service that violates their conscience; immunity from discrimination or disciplinary action including termination, tranfer, refusal of staff privileges, shift reassignment, or wage or benefits reduction for declining to participate in a health care service that violates their conscience. Further the bill would provide for injunctive relief and back pay for violation.	Pending Committee Action in Senate	Economic Expansion and Trade	(Read full bill)
SB389	Orr and Butler	This bill would authorize the Alabama Dept. of Corrections to redispense unused prescription medications.	Read Second Time in House of Origin	Health	(Read full bill)
SB407	Barron	This bill would further regulate the sale of OTC products containing certain quantities of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine within certain periods of time. The bill would require retailers to verify that the purchaser of a product is not in violation of the law through an on-line electronic verification system which system would be operated by the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center without cost to the state or to retailers. The bill would provide penalties for violations and would revise the membership of the Alabama Methamphetamine Abuse Task Force.	Read second time in House of Origin	Health	(Read full bill)
SB431	Bedford	This bill would provide for a per transaction monetary forfeiture of $100 to $15,000 to be paid to the State General Fund by pharmaceutical providers for overcharges made to the Alabama Medicaid Agency.	Pending Committee Action in Senate	Finance and Taxation General Fund	(Read full bill)
SB510	Butler	Under existing law, pharmacies are required to have permits from the State Board of Pharmacy to operate. This bill would define the term hospital pharmacy services permit and would provide for issuance of the permits.	Pending Committee Action in House of Origin	Health	(Read full bill)

2009 Bills Related to Pharmacy

Senate Bills:
SB42: To amend Section 20-2-23 of the Code of Alabama 195, relating to Schedule I controlled substances, to list salvia divinorum and Salvinorin A.
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SB47: Under existing law, after October 1, 2009, the sale of any product containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine is prohibited and subject to criminal penalties unless the product is manufactured so that the ephedrine or pseudoephedrine cannot be extracted to be used in the production of methamphetamine. This bill would delete this provision.
Enacted 2009-283
SB130: This bill would prohibit smoking in places of employment and public places.
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SB155: Under existing law, certain public contracts are exempt from the competitive bid process. This bill would exempt purchases from health industry joint purchasing organization contracts within or without the State of Alabama by any hospital or campus medical facility operated by a state educational institution or an educational institution receiving state funds, including pharmacies and pharmacy clinics, veterinary clinics and hospitals, medical teaching clinics and health care clinics, and services operated for the state provided that opportunity is given minority owned businesses.
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SB257: Currently, departments and agencies that are subject to the Alabama Sunset Law are subject to review every four years. This bill would require such departments (including the State Board of Pharmacy) to be reviewed every eight years.
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SB259: This bill would set term limits for the Alabama House and Senate members.
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House Bills:
HB25: It is illegal to possess, use, or sell drug paraphernalia, as defined. This bill would include certain glass tubes to the list of items identified as paraphernalia.
Enacted by the Legislature and awaiting signature by Governor
HB49: This bill would make it a specific crime of burglary in either the first or second degree, depending upon the controlled substances involved, for a person to knowingly and unlawfully enter or remain unlawfully in a medical facility and to commit or attempt the theft of a controlled substance based on the schedule of the controlled substance.
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HB107: This is a sunset bill which continues the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy based upon their review.
Enacted by the Legislature and signed by the Governor, Act 2009-36
HB163: Under existing law, minors may give effective consent for certain medical, dental, health, or mental health services. This bill, to be known as the “Parents Consent and Access to Medical Information and Services Act,” would give the parent or legal guardian of a child authorization to consent for services and access to all medical, dental, health, or mental health records of an unemancipated minor.
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HB212: This bill would prohibit the cloning of human beings.
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HB270: Under current sales tax law, medicines prescribed by a physician and subsequently filled by a licensed pharmacist are exempt from sales taxation. This bill would exempt over the counter medications from city, county, and state sales taxes.
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HB284: Under existing law, a certificate of need is required for a new institutional health service. This bill would repeal that law.
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HB299: Under existing law, a resident under the age of 21 who is receiving long term care nursing services under the Medicaid program in a long term care nursing facility for juveniles is required to be transferred to another long term care nursing facility when the resident reaches age 21. This bill would allow them to continue to receive the services in the facility where the resident is residing after the resident turns 21.
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HB338: Under existing law, there is no requirement to report torture or cruelty to an animal. This bill would require certain persons (including pharmacists) to report torture or cruelty to an animal.
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HB340: This bill would provide a property owner limited immunity from civil liability in defense of his or her self, others, and their property.
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HB346: This bill would allow the Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules imposing non-disciplinary administrative penalties for certain violations, provide for the renewals of licenses of assistant pharmacists, provide further for biennial licenses for the manufacture or sale of precursor chemicals, allow the board to own real property, allow the board to hire more drug inspectors, and allow the board to electronically provide each registered pharmacist with a copy of the rules and regulations.
Enacted by the Legislature and awaiting signature by Governor
HB475: To amend Section 20-2-23 of the Code of Alabama 195, relating to Schedule I controlled substances, to list salvia divinorum and Salvinorin A.
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HB484 Controlled substances, prescribing by physician assistants, registration certificate required, regulated by State Board of Medical Examiners, Secs. 20-2-60 to 20-2-69, inclusive, added; Secs. 20-2-214, 20-2-217 am’d.
Enacted 2009-489 05/07/2009
HB538: This bill would allow federally qualified health care centers (FQHCs) and public health facilities and departments to compound and dispense prescriptions, excluding controlled substances, at one location and courier the medication to clinics for patient pick-up.
Enacted by the Legislature, awaiting the signature of the Governor
HB567: This bill would provide that prescription drugs would be exempt from business license taxes based on gross receipts.
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Resolutions:
HJR38: Requests the Auburn University School of Pharmacy to provide courses in retail pharmacy practice.
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