ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

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SB 1377: authorized recipients; donated medicine; information

Sponsor: Senator Mesnard, LD 13

Committee on Health & Human Services

Overview

Permits authorized recipients, the Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS), the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) and health profession regulatory boards to post on their public website where and how to donate medicine, who is eligible and where to receive donated medicine.

History

Laws 2021, Chapter 137 established requirements and procedures regarding the donation, transfer, receipt and facilitation of donated prescription medication.

Authorized recipient is defined as any entity that has a license or permit in good standing in Arizona and is legally authorized to possess medicine, including a wholesaler, distributor, reverse distributor, repackager, hospital, pharmacy or health care institution.

Eligible patient is an individual who is indigent, uninsured, underinsured or enrolled in a public health benefits program (A.R.S § 32-1909).

Provisions

1. Permits authorized recipients of donated medicine, DHS, AHCCCS and health profession regulatory boards to post on their public websites:

a) where to donate medicine;

b) how to donate medicine;

c) who qualifies as an eligible patient; and

d) how an eligible patient may access donated medicine. (Sec. 1)

2. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec 1)

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