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CS/CS/CS/SB 278: Pharmacy

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Regulated Industries ; Health Policy ; Grimsley

Pharmacy; Increasing the number of registered pharmacy technicians which a licensed pharmacist may supervise; revising the composition of the Board of Pharmacy; authorizing pharmacists to administer meningococcal and shingles vaccines under certain circumstances; requiring written prescriptions for specified controlled substances to be legibly dated in a specified format, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
Last Action: 5/2/2014 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 323 (Ch. 2014-113) -SJ 1100
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Regulated Industries (RI)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/15/2013 Senate • Filed
    11/4/2013 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Regulated Industries; Rules -SJ 30
    3/4/2014 Senate • Introduced -SJ 30
    3/6/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/11/14, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    3/11/2014 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 243
    3/12/2014 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    3/17/2014 Senate • Now in Regulated Industries -SJ 243
    • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/20/14, 8:30 am, 301 Senate Office Building
    • CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 247
    3/20/2014 Senate • CS/CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 318
    3/21/2014 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Rules -SJ 318
    • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/26/14, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
    3/25/2014 Senate • CS/CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time -SJ 319
    3/28/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/02/14, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    4/2/2014 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 11 NAYS 1 -SJ 443
    4/3/2014 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 443
    4/7/2014 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 443
    4/28/2014 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/01/14
    5/1/2014 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 1037
    5/2/2014 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 1100
    • Substituted CS/HB 323 -SJ 1100
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 323 (Ch. 2014-113) -SJ 1100

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  • CS/CS/CS/SB 278, Committee Substitute 3 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/10/2014 at 4:24 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (3)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 323 (er) Pharmacy La Rosa, Campbell Identical Last Action: 6/13/2014 Chapter No. 2014-113
    Location: Became Law
    H 7113 (e2) Health Care Health Innovation Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in returning Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 323 (Ch. 2014-113)
    Location: In returning messages from Senate
    S 1354 (e1) Health Care Grimsley Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 323 (Ch. 2014-113)
    Location: In messages from Senate

    Citations - Statutes (5)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    456.42 Written prescriptions for medicinal drugs. Page 3 (pdf)
    465.004 Board of Pharmacy. Page 2 (pdf)
    465.014 Pharmacy technician. Page 1 (pdf)
    465.189 Administration of vaccines and epinephrine autoinjection. Page 3 (pdf)
    893.04 Pharmacist and practitioner. Page 4 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/SB 278, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 3/21/2014 at 2:28 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) 3/21/2014 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/1/2014 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 323 (c1) Pharmacy Technicians La Rosa, Campbell Compare Last Action: 6/13/2014 Chapter No. 2014-113
    Location: Became Law

    Committee Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    490438 - Amendment
    Delete lines 42 - 53 and insert:
    Rules
    (Latvala)
    4/2/2014
    3:20 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/2/2014
    Web Page
    PDF
    468864 - Amendment
    Between lines 53 and 54 insert:
    Rules
    (Latvala)
    4/2/2014
    11:00 AM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/2/2014
    Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 182652 - Amendment to Amendment (468864)
    Delete lines 5 - 23.
    Rules
    (Latvala)
    4/2/2014
    2:06 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/2/2014
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/2/2014 4:00 PM Rules 11 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    456.42 Written prescriptions for medicinal drugs. Page 2 (pdf)
    465.004 Board of Pharmacy. Page 2 (pdf)
    465.014 Pharmacy technician. Page 1 (pdf)
    893.04 Pharmacist and practitioner. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 278, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/12/2014 at 2:35 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) 3/19/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 323 Pharmacy Technicians La Rosa, Campbell Compare Last Action: 6/13/2014 Chapter No. 2014-113
    Location: Became Law

    Committee Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    126704 - Amendment
    Delete line 51 and insert:
    Regulated Industries
    (Galvano)
    3/19/2014
    2:17 PM
    Withdrawn
    3/21/2014
    Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 690618 - Amendment to Amendment (126704)
    Delete line 11 and insert:
    Regulated Industries
    (Galvano)
    3/19/2014
    5:00 PM
    (Late Filed)
    Withdrawn
    3/21/2014
    Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 447118 - Substitute Amendment (126704)
    Delete line 51 and insert:
    Regulated Industries
    (Galvano)
    3/19/2014
    6:34 PM
    (Late Filed)
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/21/2014
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/20/2014 8:30 AM Regulated Industries 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    465.004 Board of Pharmacy. Page 2 (pdf)
    465.014 Pharmacy technician. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 278, Original Filed Version Posted 10/15/2013 at 2:04 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/10/2014 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/12/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 323 Pharmacy Technicians La Rosa, Campbell Compare Last Action: 6/13/2014 Chapter No. 2014-113
    Location: Became Law

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    133346 - Amendment
    Delete lines 25 - 32 and insert:
    Health Policy
    (Grimsley)
    3/10/2014
    12:58 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/11/2014
    Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 624798 - Amendment to Amendment (133346)
    Delete lines 7 - 11 and insert:
    Health Policy
    (Joyner)
    3/11/2014
    12:12 PM
    Withdrawn
    3/11/2014
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/11/2014 4:00 PM Health Policy 9 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    465.014 Pharmacy technician. Page 1 (pdf)

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