HB4035 S H&HR AMT

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The Committee on Health and Human Resources moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill No. 4035 -- A BILL to amend and reenact §16-46-3, §16-46-5 and §16-46-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-46-3a, all relating to authorizing pharmacist or pharmacy intern to dispense, pursuant to a protocol, an opioid antagonist without a prescription; requiring Board of Pharmacy, in consultation with Bureau for Public Health, to develop a protocol; requiring patient counseling; requiring educational materials; requiring documentation of distribution of opioid antagonists in West Virginia Controlled Substances Monitoring Program database; revising existing reporting requirements; providing limited liability to pharmacist and pharmacy interns; revising reporting requirements; and reorganizing existing code language.